How common is the surname Knabe?

1,103 people in the United States had the surname Knabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knabe?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Knabe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Knabe

A surname, carried by 1,103 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knabe is more common than 85.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,103 people named Knabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,064.

#23,135

rank among US surnames

1,103

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,555)

Who is named Knabe

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Knabe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knabe

Knaub

Knabe has the Soundex code K510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K510.

Questions

How common is the surname Knabe?: 1,103 people in the United States had the surname Knabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knabe?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Knabe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 3.7%.