Knifel Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Knifel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knifel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Knifel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knifel is carried by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Knifel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Knifel occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Knifel live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,900,437. Beside Poland this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Ireland, where 3 percent live.

Knifel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Knifel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Knifel surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Knifel Last Name Statistics demography

Knifel earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kneifel921,652/
Knipfel92247/
Kniefel92190/
Kniffel9285/
Knaifel9219/
Knifeld921/
Knifiel921/
Knifl913/
Kneifeld8658/
Kneiffel868/
Kniepfel868/
Knipfeld863/
Kneifeel861/
Kneipfel861/
Kniopfel861/
Kneifl83632/
Knefel83533/
Knaifl8326/
Knäfel8311/
Kniefl837/
Kneefel77481/
Kneffel77391/
Knepfel7749/
Knuffel7748/
Knüpfel779/
Knyffel774/
Knüffel774/
Knajfel772/
Kneifil771/
Knejfel771/
Kniffil770/
Kneifelová7554/
Kneifelova751/
Knefl733/
Knuepfel711/
Kneiflová67147/
Knajfl6744/
Knejfl6738/
Knaiflová6732/
Kneiflova673/
Knaiflova673/
Knetfl671/
Kemnefeldt635/
Kneffelová631/
Knephel621/
Kneflová572/
Cnaifled570/
Knajflová5337/
Knejflová5331/

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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 Knifel
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