Knutson Surname

20,657th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands

Knutson Surname Definition:

(Swedish, Norwegian) The son of Knut or Canute (hill, or white-haired).

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Knutson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States24,1051:15,0371,890
Canada1,5571:23,6643,223
Sweden2531:38,9203,107
Norway1911:26,9233,673
New Zealand681:66,59310,133
Denmark591:95,6739,081
England471:1,185,49155,443
Australia291:930,88655,860
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Paraguay111:657,8867,708
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
China61:227,886,92811,701
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
France41:16,605,680368,153
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7391:28,8783,523

Knutson (39) may also be a first name.

Knutson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish, Norwegian) The son of Knut or Canute (hill, or white-haired).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The surname is patronymic. meaning 'son of Knut/Knud/Canute'. Knut derives from the Old Norse, knútr, meaning 'knot'.

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Knutson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knutson (Russian: Кнутсон) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knutson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Knutson is the 20,657th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 275,365 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Knutson are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Knutson is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 39 people.

Knutson is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 24,105 people, or 1 in 15,037. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 23 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 11 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Knutson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Knutson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knutson last name rose 1,386 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Knutson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Knutson last name are 10.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.92% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Knutson earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 19.63% more than the national average, earning 414,026 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.34% more than the national average, earning $45,020 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% less than the national average, earning $49,112 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Knutson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Knutson in the Russian language
Кнутсонknutson-

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Knutson Reference & Research

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Knutson-Knudsen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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