Kniaz Surname
Approximately 1,270 people bear this surname
Kniaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 895 | 1:50,863 | 7,357 |
| United States | 222 | 1:1,632,698 | 109,247 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Kniaź (876) are calculated separately.
Kniaz (161) may also be a first name.
Kniaz Demographics
Average Kniaz Salary in
United States
$45,696 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kniaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kniaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kniaz occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kniaź. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kniaz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 299,542nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,738,225 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Kniaz reside; 72 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 71 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 722,635th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 161 people.
The surname Kniaz is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is held by 895 people, or 1 in 50,863. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 23 percent are found, Zakarpattia Oblast, where 14 percent are found and Sumy Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine Kniaz exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Kniaz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kniaz surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the party.
The amount Kniaz earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $45,696 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.01% more than the national average, earning $50,183 CAD 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
- 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 Kniaz
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