Kniebusch Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kniebusch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kniebusch Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany731:1,102,81573,621
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kniebusch Last Name Facts

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

Kniebusch is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kniebusch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Kniebusch is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Kniebusch are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 1,102,815. In Germany Kniebusch is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live, Berlin, where 34 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live. Apart from Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Kniebusch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kniebusch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kniebusch surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knebusch94203/
Kniebush941/
Kneebusch8920/
Knebush8810/
Kneebush8222/
Kneibush820/
Knebus801/
Knebuß675/
Kennybush670/
Cniebou631/

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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 Kniebusch
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