Knowlles Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Knowlles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knowlles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Knowlles Last Name Facts

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

Knowlles is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Knowlles? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Knowlles occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Knowlles live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Knowlles is most frequent in: Michigan, where 50 percent reside, California, where 25 percent reside and New York, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent reside.

Knowlles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Knowlles has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knowles9387,790/
Knowlls932/
Knowless8815/
Knowells886/
Knowlley881/
Knowlees881/
Knowlese880/
Knowle86297/
Knowls8663/
Knouwells823/
Knowels80149/
Knowley8044/
Knovles804/
Knowled801/
Knewles801/
Knowlea801/
Knowlis801/
Cnowles800/
Knowlesová781/
Knouwels752/
Knowlech751/
Knawls713/
Knowlz711/
Knewels677/
Knobley672/
Knobels670/
Knowliy670/
Knables670/
Knawler670/
Knable57861/
Knobly570/
Knabley530/
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
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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 Knowlles
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