Knyvett Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Knyvett Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Knyvet.' I cannot find the place.
Mathew de Knyvet, Nottinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Geoffrey Knyfet, Cambridgeshire ibid.
Thomas Knyvet, Essex, ibid.
John de Knevet, Norfolk, temp.
Read More About This SurnameKnyvett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 96 | 1:281,205 | 25,117 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Knyvett Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Knyvet.' I cannot find the place.
Mathew de Knyvet, Nottinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Geoffrey Knyfet, Cambridgeshire ibid.
Thomas Knyvet, Essex, ibid.
John de Knevet, Norfolk, temp. 1430: History of Norfolk.
1523. William Knevett, of the Household of our Lord the King, and Katherine Grey: Marriage Lic. (London).
Nathaniel Knevet, Norfolk, 1633: History of Norfolk.
1571. Henry Knevet, London: Register of the University of Oxford.
1789. Married — Thomas Knevit and Easter Hart: St. George, Hanover Square.
This surname occurs in eastern- county records of the 13th cent. as de Knyvet and Knyfet and in the 15th cent. as de Knevet. Lower’s ‘Knevett from Duvenet’ (English Surn. ii. 36) is hardly enlightening. If the name is English it could, on analogy, be for ‘Knife-head,’ if that made sense.
According to Camden this name is a corruption of Dunevit, and Leland derives it from Dunnevit, that is Dunneheved, the original name of Launceston, in Cornwall. It is said that Othomarus, lord of the castle and town of Launceston, took up arms against William the Conqueror, and was deprived of his possessions, which were afterwards restored to him on his marriage with a daughter of William Dammartin, a Norman. His descendants took the name of De Knyvetor De Knevet. See Burke's Ext. Barts. Knivet, Knivat, and Knyvet, as well as De Knyvet, are found in H.R.
Found written Knyvet, De Knyvet, Knivat, Knevett, De Knevet. Ferguson considers the name Knevett a diminutive of Cniva, an early Gothic name. Camden, with more reason, thinks Knyvett a corruption of Dunevit (Dunheved). Borlase is of opinion that the ancient Cornish local name Dunheved (near Launceston) is a Saxon compound, signifying "the head of the hill." According to Baxter, Dunevet is the same as Nemetotacium (properly, as in Ravennas, Nemetomagum), in which Br. Willis agrees, Nemet in Cornish being pronounced Nevet, and dun substituted for magus, for pagus, a town or village; further that dun-huedh signifies in Cornish "the swelling hill," but dun-hedh "the long hill;" from which latter circumstance he imagines it was called Lanceestre and Lancestre-town.
A corruption of the Norman name Duvenet.
Knyvett Demographics
Average Knyvett Salary in
United States
$24,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Knyvett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knyvett Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knyvett has its highest incidence in Australia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knyvett? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,398,030th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Knyvett occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Knyvett live; 81 percent live in Australasia and 81 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 281,205. In Australia Knyvett is most common in: New South Wales, where 57 percent live, Queensland, where 19 percent live and Northern Territory, where 8 percent live. Barring Australia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Knyvett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Knyvett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Knyvett surname expanded 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Knyvett Last Name Statistics demography
Knyvett earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.64% less than the national average, earning $24,750 USD per year.
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