Knuf Surname
Approximately 728 people bear this surname
Knuf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 616 | 1:130,691 | 15,911 |
| United States | 89 | 1:4,072,572 | 219,877 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Knuf Demographics
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Knuf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knuf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knuf occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knuf? popularity and diffusion
Knuf is the 463,189th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,010,365 people. The surname Knuf is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Knuf reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 616 people, or 1 in 130,691. In Germany Knuf is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Besides Germany it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside.
Knuf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Knuf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knuf last name increased 809 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Knuf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Knuf last name are 21.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.57% registered with the political party.
Knuf earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.86% more than the national average, earning $47,404 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knauf | 89 | 8,483 | / |
| Knuff | 89 | 527 | / |
| Knouf | 89 | 163 | / |
| Knuif | 89 | 62 | / |
| Knuft | 89 | 1 | / |
| Knupf | 89 | 0 | / |
| Knufs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Knauff | 80 | 2,798 | / |
| Knouff | 80 | 512 | / |
| Knouft | 80 | 39 | / |
| Khnouf | 80 | 27 | / |
| Knoupf | 80 | 20 | / |
| Knausf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Knuffe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Knaufs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Knoufe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knuw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kennouf | 73 | 239 | / |
| Knauffs | 73 | 9 | / |
| Knaufft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Knoef | 67 | 353 | / |
| Knoof | 67 | 131 | / |
| Knouw | 67 | 26 | / |
| Khnuv | 67 | 5 | / |
| Knüpf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Knauv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knuph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenneuff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Knoub | 67 | 0 | / |
| Knoeff | 60 | 147 | / |
| Knooff | 60 | 6 | / |
| Knouph | 60 | 1 | / |
| Knoofe | 60 | 0 | / |
| Cennouf | 55 | 1 | / |
| Chennouf | 50 | 6,640 | / |
| Know | 50 | 114 | / |
| Qnuv | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Knuf
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