Kniggs Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Kniggs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kniggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Kniggs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kniggs is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kniggs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kniggs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Kniggs reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Nebraska, where 50 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 50 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 33 percent are found.

Kniggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kniggs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kniggs surname fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knigs9113/
Kneggs8326/
Knuggs831/
Knig805/
Kennigs772/
Kinnigs770/
Kőnig73700/
Kønig73340/
Knigh7345/
Knegg731/
Knieg731/
Kniks731/
Khnig731/
Knoig730/
Könnig67107/
Kennig6760/
Knicks6731/
Kinnig6713/
Knihgt6712/
Knikst679/
Kneisc678/
Knichs674/
Knicss672/
Kønnig671/
Kännig671/
Knissk670/

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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 Kniggs
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