Knobbs Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Knobbs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 142 | 1:392,381 | 27,229 |
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 58 | 1:420,265 | 24,785 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
Knobbs Demographics
Knobbs Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Knobbs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knobbs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knobbs is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knobbs? popularity and diffusion
Knobbs is the 860,770th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. Knobbs is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Knobbs live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 392,381. In England it is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 68 percent live, Leicestershire, where 9 percent live and Cheshire, where 6 percent live. Excluding England it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.
Knobbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Knobbs has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 245 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 275 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Knobbs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Knobbs surname is chiefly Anglican (64%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Knobbs last name are 12.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.38% registered with the party.
The amount Knobbs earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 17.99% more than the national average, earning R 280,392 per year and in United States they earn 6.06% less than the national average, earning $40,535 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
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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 Knobbs
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