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.

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Knörr 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
Germany1,3321:60,4407,772
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
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Knörr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knörr has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knörr? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 257,026th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,753,781 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Knörr live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,332 people, or 1 in 60,440. In Germany Knörr is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 34 percent live, Bavaria, where 32 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 10 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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