Knöss Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Knöss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 203 | 1:396,579 | 36,740 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55 | 1:913,067 | 55,053 |
Knöss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knöss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knöss occurs most in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Knöss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knöss? popularity and diffusion
The surname Knöss is the 1,125,333rd most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Knöss reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 396,579. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 91 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside and Bavaria, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 5 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Knöss
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