Knöll Surname

217,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knöll Surname User-submission:

Knöll, in Old German, is a similar word to the current English knoll, which is a small mound of earth. Knöll was a slang term for peasant or farmer, which was someone who worked in the dirt. It was the equivalent of calling someone a 'clod of dirt'.

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Knöll 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
Germany1,7981:44,7755,872
Austria451:189,23224,045
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Knöll Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Knöll, in Old German, is a similar word to the current English knoll, which is a small mound of earth. Knöll was a slang term for peasant or farmer, which was someone who worked in the dirt. It was the equivalent of calling someone a 'clod of dirt'.

- jcknoell
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Knöll Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knöll is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Knöll click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knöll? popularity and diffusion

Knöll is the 217,988th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,876,354 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knöll reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Knöll is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,798 people, or 1 in 44,775. In Germany it is most frequent in: Hesse, where 35 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 27 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent live. Apart from Germany Knöll occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knll892/
Knell804,716/
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Knüll8037/
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Knuell731/
Kniell730/
Kennell673,386/
Kinnell67886/
Knel67176/
Kinl6738/
Knil6736/
Künl6728/
Kinnill6721/
Kynl6721/
Künnell678/
Könl676/
Kýnl675/
Kenl674/
Cnll673/
Kcnl671/
Knhl671/
Knlh671/
D'Knell671/
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