Knesse Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Knesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Knesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knesse is found most in Brazil. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knesse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knesse is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Knesse live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 14,271,622. In Brazil Knesse is most prevalent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 100 percent live. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live.
Knesse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Knesse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Knesse last name declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Knesse
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