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 is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Knüst. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knust? popularity and diffusion
Knust is the 82,583rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,242,125 people. Knust occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Knust live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 3,210 people, or 1 in 25,080. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent live. Aside from Germany Knust occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Ghana, where 17 percent live.
Knust Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Knust has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Knust last name rose 922 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 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 with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.56% being registered with 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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