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
The surname Kneit (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺖ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kneit? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Kneit are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 41 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 62 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 15 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 34 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.
Kneit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kneit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kneit last name 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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