Knigh Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Knigh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Knigh Demographics
Average Knigh Salary in
United States
$16,991 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Knigh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knigh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knigh occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knigh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Knigh live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Knigh is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 12,081,964. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Arizona, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States Knigh occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent are found and Jamaica, where 4 percent are found.
Knigh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Knigh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Knigh surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Knigh Last Name Statistics demography
Knigh earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.62% less than the national average, earning $16,991 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knig | 89 | 5 | / |
| Knigtht | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kőnig | 80 | 700 | / |
| Kønig | 80 | 340 | / |
| Knygh | 80 | 12 | / |
| Knieg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khnig | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knegh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knoig | 80 | 0 | / |
| Könnig | 73 | 107 | / |
| Kennig | 73 | 60 | / |
| Kinnig | 73 | 13 | / |
| Knihgt | 73 | 12 | / |
| Kniggs | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kännig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kønnig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kneegh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kneg | 67 | 96 | / |
| Knik | 67 | 27 | / |
| Knigova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Koennig | 67 | 7 | / |
| Knigová | 67 | 3 | / |
| Knhk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Knic | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kennigs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kengnig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kennikh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kniq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cnig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinnigs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Knigh
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