Knowless Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Knowless Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knowless Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Knowless Last Name Facts

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

Knowless is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Knowless.

How Common Is The Last Name Knowless? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knowless is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Knowless are found; 33 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia Knowless is mostly found in: West Java, where 40 percent are found, East Java, where 20 percent are found and Jakarta, where 20 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Knowless Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Knowless has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knowless surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knowles9387,790/
Knowlles885/
Knowlees881/
Knowlese880/
Knowls8663/
Knowels80149/
Knovles804/
Knowlls802/
Knewles801/
Knowlis801/
Cnowles800/
Knowlesová781/
Knowells756/
Knouwels752/
Knowlech751/
Knouwells713/
Knawls713/
Knowlz711/
Knewels677/
Knobels670/
Knables670/
Knovlich502/

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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 Knowless
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