Knipschild Surname

569,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knipschild Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knipschild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3401:236,78126,066
United States1241:2,923,056171,801
Netherlands671:252,04732,252
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Panama51:782,45211,059
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Knipschild Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knipschild is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knipschild? popularity and diffusion

It is the 569,728th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Knipschild live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Knipschild is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 236,781. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent reside, Hesse, where 12 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 12 percent reside.

Knipschild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Knipschild has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Knipschild surname expanded 282 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Knipschild Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Knipschild last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Knipschild earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.92% more than the national average, earning R 460,836 per year and in United States they earn 22.45% more than the national average, earning $52,834 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knippschild95861/
Knipschield9542/
Knipschildt9536/
Knipshild9528/
Knipchild952/
Knipschil950/
Knippshild9030/
Knepscheld80181/
Knehpscheld761/
Knepsheld742/
Knipshell740/
Knipsel715/
Knipsael6719/

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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
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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 Knipschild
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