Knighten Surname

106,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Knighten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knighten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3751:82,8489,403
England141:3,979,861125,553
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Fiji11:894,3914,568
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1691:297,15223,646

Knighten (17) may also be a first name.

Knighten Last Name Facts

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

Knighten is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Knighten? popularity and diffusion

Knighten is the 106,279th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,656,260 people. Knighten is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Knighten live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 17 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 4,375 people, or 1 in 82,848. In The United States Knighten is most frequent in: Louisiana, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States Knighten occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Knighten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Knighten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Knighten last name grew 2,589 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Knighten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Knighten last name are 16.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.45% registered with the party.

Knighten earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.63% less than the national average, earning $36,836 USD per year.

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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 Knighten
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