Knigt Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Knigt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knigt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England41:13,929,515290,718
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Knigt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knigt is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Knigt.

How Common Is The Last Name Knigt? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knigt is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Knigt reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Knigt is mostly found in: Florida, where 50 percent reside, Arizona, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States Knigt is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and Algeria, where 5 percent reside.

Knigt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Knigt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Knigt last name rose 143 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knigth91103/
Knihgt9112/
Knigts911/
Knigtht833/
Knigths833/
Knegt80883/
Knickt730/
Knect6013/
Knekt609/
Knekht55150/
Kneckt5569/
Knecth551/
Knectht500/

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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 Knigt
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