Knünz Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Knünz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knünz 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
Austria1641:51,9238,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Knunz (1) are calculated separately.

Knünz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knünz has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also be found as a variant: Knunz. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knünz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,348,199th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name Knünz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knünz live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Austria, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 51,923. In Austria Knünz is most common in: Vorarlberg, where 94 percent reside, Tyrol, where 5 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 1 percent reside. Beside Austria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside.

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
Knunz931/
Knuenz7318/
Knons602/
Knens601/
Knouns551/
Knoons550/
Knutins5023/
Kinnons502/
Kennens502/
Kemnins501/
Kinnins501/
Kneence501/
Kneench501/
Kennins500/
Knoonse500/
Kennons500/
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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 Knünz
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