Knoob Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knoob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knoob Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
United States541:6,712,202314,667
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Knoob Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knoob is found most in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knoob? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Knoob reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 1,277,864. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 60 percent are found, Hamburg, where 17 percent are found and Bavaria, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 45 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Knoob Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Knoob has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knoob surname grew 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Knoob Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Knoob surname are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.

Knoob earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.49% less than the national average, earning $40,347 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knob892,142/
Knoop8011,272/
Knoeb8023/
Khnob801/
Knuob801/
Knoub800/
Knoops731,545/
Knoope7396/
Kinnob732/
Khnoeb731/
Knop6718,985/
Knab675,341/
Knopová67435/
Knobová67150/
Knáb67107/
Knopova6772/
Knub6731/
Knobova672/
Qnob671/
Cnob671/

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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 Knoob
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