Knesebeck Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knesebeck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knesebeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany931:865,65062,206
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Knesebeck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knesebeck is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Knesebeck.

How Common Is The Last Name Knesebeck? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,398,030th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Knesebeck live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Knesebeck is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 865,650. In Germany Knesebeck is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live, Hamburg, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 16 percent live.

Knesebeck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Knesebeck has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Knesebeck last name rose 291 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Knesebeck Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Knesebeck surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Knesebeck earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year.

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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 Knesebeck
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