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

The last name Kniest occurs most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

Kniest is the 311,791^st most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,037,735 people. The surname Kniest occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Kniest reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 454 people, or 1 in 177,325. In Germany Kniest is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent live, Hesse, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Kniest Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Kniest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kniest surname grew 597 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kniest Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Kniest last name are 13.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.71% registered with the political party.

Kniest earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $44,082 USD per year.