Knighten Surname
Approximately 4,400 people bear this surname
Knighten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,375 | 1:82,848 | 9,403 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 169 | 1:297,152 | 23,646 |
Knighten (17) may also be a first name.
Knighten Demographics
Average Knighten Salary in
United States
$36,836 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
- 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 Knighten
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