Knigs Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Knigs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Knigs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knigs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knigs is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knigs? popularity and diffusion
Knigs is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Knigs live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Knigs is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent reside. Besides Germany it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Knigs
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