Knieps Surname

301,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knieps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knieps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1321:71,1189,044
United States761:4,769,196247,034
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Knieps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knieps has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knieps? popularity and diffusion

It is the 301,673rd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,788,361 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Knieps reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 1,132 people, or 1 in 71,118. In Germany Knieps is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 52 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.

Knieps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Knieps last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Knieps earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.21% more than the national average, earning $48,850 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kniep912,002/
Knips911,139/
Kneps919/
Knaeps83236/
Knipps83136/
Kniebs8335/
Kniepe8320/
Kniepp838/
Knipst838/
Kniepf835/
Knipse831/
Knepps831/
Knyps73113/
Knieb7334/
Knebs735/
Kniev731/
Knibs731/
Khneipes714/
Cnaeps6759/
Knoups6732/
Knupps675/
Kennieppe670/
Kinniev6250/
Kenniev621/
Kemnipz621/
Knyev554/
Knibz551/
Knubs550/

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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 Knieps
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