Knöpfli Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Knöpfli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 444 | 1:18,498 | 3,032 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Knopfli (98) are calculated separately.
Knöpfli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knöpfli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Knöpfli is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Knopfli. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knöpfli? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knöpfli is the 662,685th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knöpfli reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 18,498. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Zürich, where 34 percent are found, Canton of Thurgau, where 29 percent are found and Canton of St Gallen, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Knöpfli
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