Knist Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Knist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 99 | 1:813,186 | 59,527 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Knist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knist is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knist? popularity and diffusion
Knist is the 1,817,111th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Knist is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Knist live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Knist is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 813,186. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 65 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found and Hesse, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Germany Knist exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kniest | 91 | 1,207 | / |
| Kneist | 91 | 176 | / |
| Knuist | 91 | 105 | / |
| Knisht | 91 | 0 | / |
| Kniste | 91 | 0 | / |
| Kinnist | 83 | 0 | / |
| Knust | 80 | 5,867 | / |
| Knest | 80 | 5 | / |
| Knüst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knistova | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kniestdt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Knicht | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kniesd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Knnust | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khnest | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kinnest | 67 | 35 | / |
| Knescht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knystova | 62 | 3 | / |
| Kennesth | 62 | 2 | / |
| Khnecht | 50 | 28 | / |
| Knechts | 50 | 17 | / |
| Knyszcz | 50 | 1 | / |
| Knechte | 50 | 1 | / |
| Knyshed | 50 | 1 | / |
| Knechtt | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Knist
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