Knust Surname
Approximately 5,867 people bear this surname
Knust Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,210 | 1:25,080 | 3,329 |
| United States | 1,051 | 1:344,871 | 30,996 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Brazil | 395 | 1:541,960 | 20,314 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| Chile | 60 | 1:293,608 | 8,514 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 114 | 1:440,515 | 31,974 |
The alternate forms: Knüst (1) are calculated separately.
Knust Demographics
Average Male Knust Height
179.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Knust Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knust Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knust has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as a variant: Knüst. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knust? popularity and diffusion
It is the 82,583rd most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,242,125 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Knust reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 3,210 people, or 1 in 25,080. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Ghana, where 17 percent are found.
Knust Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Knust has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knust last name grew 922 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 271 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Knust Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Knust last name are 15.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
Knust earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.67% more than the national average, earning $48,186 USD per year.
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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 Knust
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