Knyff Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Knyff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knyff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Knyff Last Name Facts

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

Knyff is most common in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Knyff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Knyff is the 2,136,387th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Knyff live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Knyff is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 21 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 19 percent reside and Georgia, where 13 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 18 percent reside.

Knyff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Knyff surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the party.

The amount Knyff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.53% less than the national average, earning $40,762 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.39% less than the national average, earning $41,042 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knyf8950/
Kneff80138/
Kniff80115/
Knijff73588/
Knieff73110/
Kneiff7321/
Kniffe730/
Kenniff67195/
Knef67108/
Knif6791/
Kinniff6740/
Kenneff6720/
Knjf671/
Kneeffe671/
Kinneff670/

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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 Knyff
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