Knychas Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Knychas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knychas 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
Poland991:383,92741,878
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Knychas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knychas is more commonly found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Knychas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knychas is the 1,839,022nd most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. Knychas occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knychas are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Poland, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 383,927. Barring Poland this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 2 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
Knychaus9317/
Knycha928/
Knichas861/
Knechaus801/
Knycia774/
Knysha771/
Knyzas771/
Knyšas771/
Khnicha711/
Kneecha711/
Knyza6748/
Khnichat671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Knychas
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