Knepa Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Knepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Knepa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Knepa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Knepa is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knepa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knepa is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Knepa live; 38 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 5,629,059. In The Netherlands Knepa is most common in: North Brabant, where 33 percent reside, North Holland, where 33 percent reside and South Holland, where 33 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Curaçao, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kneppa911/
Kneeppa831/
Kneippa830/
Knopa80412/
Knypa8094/
Knapa8059/
Knipa8037/
Knepe800/
Knippa73577/
Kneppe73103/
Kniepe7320/
Knoppa7315/
Kneipe7315/
Kneper739/
Kneppo736/
Knappa734/
Knipas732/
Knespe730/
Kneepe730/
Kneaper6731/
Khnipah6722/
Kneiper6719/
Knepher6716/
Knesper677/
Knappau675/
Knetper671/
Kneippo671/
Kennepy671/
Kneapey670/
Kneippe670/
Kneppis670/
Kneyper670/

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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 Knepa
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