Kneite Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Kneite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
Kneite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kneite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kneite (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺘﻪ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kneite click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kneite? popularity and diffusion
Kneite is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kneite live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Kneite is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 116,996. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 49 percent live, Adrar Region, where 46 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kneite Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kneite in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺘﻪ | aknyth | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻛﻨﻴﺖ | aknyt | 25 |
| ﺃﻛﻨﻴﺖ | aknyt | 25 |
| ﺃﻛﻨﻴﺘﻪ | aknyth | 8.33 |
| ﻛﻨﻴﺘﻪ | knyth | 8.33 |
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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 Kneite
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