Kneit Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Kneit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Kneit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kneit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kneit (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺖ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kneit? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Kneit reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 41 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 62 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 15 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Kneit is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 34 percent reside and Brazil, where 13 percent reside.
Kneit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kneit has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kneit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kneit in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺖ | aknyt | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺘﻪ | aknyth | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻗﻨﻴﺖ | aqnyt | 16.67 |
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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
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- 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 Kneit
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