Knight-Simpson Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Knight-Simpson Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Knight & Simpson.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knight-Simpson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Knight-Simpson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Knight-Simpson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Knight-Simpson occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knight-Simpson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Knight-Simpson live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England Knight-Simpson is most frequent in: Greater London, where 86 percent live and Surrey, where 14 percent live. Excluding England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nedd-Sampson622/
Nwaodu-Sampson573/

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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 Knight-Simpson
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