Knötgen Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Knötgen Surname User-submission:
Surname derived from the Middle High German word for 'knot', which could refer to a profession involving knots, such as rope-making, or to a geographical feature resembling a know.
Knötgen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 158 | 1:509,528 | 43,279 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Knötgen Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Surname derived from the Middle High German word for 'knot', which could refer to a profession involving knots, such as rope-making, or to a geographical feature resembling a know.
- jessicaweissKnötgen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knötgen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knötgen is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Knötgen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knötgen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,380,086th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knötgen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Knötgen is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 509,528. In Germany Knötgen is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent live, Bavaria, where 25 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live. Not including Germany it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knöttgen | 93 | 11 | / |
| Knödgen | 86 | 96 | / |
| Nöttgen | 86 | 31 | / |
| Knütgen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Knitgen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Knoetgen | 80 | 141 | / |
| Knüttgen | 80 | 93 | / |
| Knuttgen | 80 | 31 | / |
| Kneutgen | 80 | 29 | / |
| Natgen | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ntugen | 77 | 5 | / |
| Netgen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nitgen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nutgen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Knoettgen | 75 | 68 | / |
| Knuettgen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Notogen | 71 | 479 | / |
| Nietgen | 71 | 140 | / |
| Knedgen | 71 | 77 | / |
| Natigen | 71 | 63 | / |
| Notegen | 71 | 30 | / |
| Nettgen | 71 | 25 | / |
| Natagen | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ntigena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntegene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntegena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntagene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntuygen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Knodgen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neutgen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nittagen | 67 | 914 | / |
| Ntegeine | 67 | 11 | / |
| Knoedgen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ntegenwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Neutegen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ntagenoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Netegeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Notogeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knott-Högen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nietagen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knudegen | 67 | 0 | / |
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