Knöfel Surname
Approximately 1,774 people bear this surname
Knöfel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,729 | 1:46,562 | 6,098 |
| Austria | 31 | 1:274,691 | 31,731 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Knofel (67) are calculated separately.
Knöfel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knöfel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knöfel occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Knofel. Click here to see other possible spellings of Knöfel.
How Common Is The Last Name Knöfel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Knöfel is the 228,458th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,107,974 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Knöfel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Knöfel is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,729 people, or 1 in 46,562. In Germany Knöfel is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 31 percent live, Brandenburg, where 18 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent live and Poland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knofel | 94 | 67 | / |
| Knöpfel | 92 | 1,891 | / |
| Knöffel | 92 | 78 | / |
| Knöfelt | 92 | 4 | / |
| Knafel | 83 | 604 | / |
| Knefel | 83 | 533 | / |
| Knäfel | 83 | 11 | / |
| Knöpfl | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kneefel | 77 | 481 | / |
| Kneffel | 77 | 391 | / |
| Knoefel | 77 | 240 | / |
| Knopfel | 77 | 162 | / |
| Knapfel | 77 | 49 | / |
| Knepfel | 77 | 49 | / |
| Knaffel | 77 | 25 | / |
| Knoffel | 77 | 14 | / |
| Knöpfelová | 75 | 1 | / |
| Knafl | 73 | 458 | / |
| Knofl | 73 | 13 | / |
| Knefl | 73 | 3 | / |
| Knoepfel | 71 | 415 | / |
| Knoeffel | 71 | 2 | / |
| Knaffl | 67 | 54 | / |
| Knapfl | 67 | 17 | / |
| Knopfl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Knofil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knoffl | 67 | 0 | / |
| Knephel | 62 | 1 | / |
| Knoepfl | 62 | 0 | / |
| Knoephel | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Knöfel
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