Knoeff Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Knoeff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 144 | 1:117,272 | 18,528 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Knoeff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knoeff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Knoeff is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knoeff? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. Knoeff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Knoeff are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Knoeff is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 117,272. In The Netherlands Knoeff is mostly found in: Overijssel, where 35 percent reside, North Holland, where 26 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoef | 91 | 353 | / |
| Knouff | 83 | 512 | / |
| Knieff | 83 | 110 | / |
| Kneiff | 83 | 21 | / |
| Knooff | 83 | 6 | / |
| Knovff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Knoepfe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Knief | 73 | 1,430 | / |
| Knuff | 73 | 527 | / |
| Knouf | 73 | 163 | / |
| Knoof | 73 | 131 | / |
| Kneif | 73 | 109 | / |
| Knoev | 73 | 30 | / |
| Knoeb | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kneef | 73 | 4 | / |
| Knoihoff | 71 | 18 | / |
| Kenneuff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Knauff | 67 | 2,798 | / |
| Knijff | 67 | 588 | / |
| Knouft | 67 | 39 | / |
| Khnouf | 67 | 27 | / |
| Khnoev | 67 | 23 | / |
| Knoupf | 67 | 20 | / |
| Khneif | 67 | 9 | / |
| Khneef | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kniepf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Knuffe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Knoufe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kneift | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kneife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kneief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knoofe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Knoweb | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kneipf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Knoeff
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