Kneist Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Kneist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 162 | 1:496,947 | 42,561 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Kneist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kneist Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kneist is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kneist? popularity and diffusion
Kneist is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kneist are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 496,947. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 27 percent are found, Saxony, where 17 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and Switzerland, where 2 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kneist
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