Known Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Known Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Known (31) may also be a first name.
Known Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Known Come From? nationality or country of origin
Known is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Known.
How Common Is The Last Name Known? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Known live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 31 people.
Known is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Known is most numerous in: Assam, where 91 percent live, Kerala, where 5 percent live and Rajasthan, where 5 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Iran, where 4 percent live.
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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 Known
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis