Knest Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Knest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Knest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knest Come From? nationality or country of origin
Knest occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Knest occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Knest live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Knest is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany Knest is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 20 percent are found and Poland, where 20 percent are found.
Knest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Knest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Knest surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kniest | 91 | 1,207 | / |
| Kneist | 91 | 176 | / |
| Knoest | 91 | 19 | / |
| Khnest | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kinnest | 83 | 35 | / |
| Knescht | 83 | 1 | / |
| Knost | 80 | 866 | / |
| Knast | 80 | 386 | / |
| Knist | 80 | 103 | / |
| Kennesth | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kniestdt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Knuist | 73 | 105 | / |
| Kniesd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kniste | 73 | 0 | / |
| Knasst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Knisht | 73 | 0 | / |
| Khnecht | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kinnast | 67 | 18 | / |
| Knechts | 67 | 17 | / |
| Knechte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knechtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinnist | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kiennast | 62 | 83 | / |
| Knistova | 62 | 4 | / |
| Knystova | 62 | 3 | / |
| Kennecht | 62 | 0 | / |
| Knicht | 55 | 3 | / |
| Knyshed | 50 | 1 | / |
| Knyszcz | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Knest
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