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Where Does The Last Name Knies Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Knies occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Knieś. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knies? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 122,877^th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,960,072 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Knies live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 2,097 people, or 1 in 38,391. In Germany Knies is most common in: Hesse, where 23 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.

Knies Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Knies has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knies last name expanded 1,148 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Knies Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Knies last name are 24.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.08% registered with the party.

The amount Knies earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.7% more than the national average, earning $47,768 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.35% more than the national average, earning $55,820 CAD per year.