Knörr Surname

257,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Knörr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knörr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,3321:60,4407,772
Switzerland1601:51,3316,758
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Knörr Last Name Facts

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

Knörr is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knörr? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knörr is the 257,026th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,753,781 people. The last name Knörr occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Knörr live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,332 people, or 1 in 60,440. In Germany Knörr is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 34 percent reside, Bavaria, where 32 percent reside and Hesse, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 10 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knör89210/
Knöhr8047/
Knoerr73748/
Kneurr731/
Knoer60211/
Kneur6021/
Knaer600/
Kännär551/
Kennär551/
K'Neur551/
Kinnaer50302/
Kinneur500/
Kenneur500/

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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 Knörr
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