Knüppe Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knüppe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knüppe 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
Germany2231:361,01134,636
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

The alternate forms: Knuppe (371) are calculated separately.

Knüppe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knüppe is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Knuppe. For other potential spellings of Knüppe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knüppe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,058,336th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Knüppe reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 361,011. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 66 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 30 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, 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
Knuppe94371/
Knüpper9249/
Knippe8320/
Knueppe7711/
Knuppei774/
Knuppie771/
Knippee770/
Knipe735,213/
Knupe7348/
Kniepe6720/
Knippi670/
Kennieppe670/
Kinnipe620/
Cnipe551/
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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 Knüppe
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