Knyazov Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Knyazov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knyazov Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Bulgaria191:367,31117,687
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Azerbaijan91:1,072,12515,755
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Knyazov Last Name Facts

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

Knyazov (Russian: Князов) is found in Kazakhstan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knyazov? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,185,341st most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Knyazov occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Knyazov live; 45 percent live in Central Asia and 45 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

It is most widespread in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 535,833. In Kazakhstan Knyazov is primarily found in: Aktobe Region, where 76 percent reside, Almaty, where 12 percent reside and Almaty Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Kazakhstan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 25 percent reside and Russia, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knyazova9357/
Qnyazov864/
Kniazov862/
Knyazhev801,207/
Qnyazova803/
Kniazev712,808/
Knjazev71110/
Knyazew715/
Knyasev714/
Kniaziev679/
Knyazeff678/
Kniazew5714/
Knjažev5712/
Knjasev574/
Kniasev571/
Kniazeff5367/
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Knyazov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Knyazov in the Russian language
Князовknazov-

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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 Knyazov
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