How common is the surname Knapp?

41,771 people in the United States had the surname Knapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,391 Americans. It ranked 825th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knapp?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knapp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knapp?

Alexis Knapp, American actress, followed by Beau Knapp.

Where is the surname Knapp most common?

Wikidata records people named Knapp in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria.

Is the surname Knapp getting more or less common?

More common. 41,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,771 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Knapp

An English surname, carried by 41,771 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). Knapp is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As a German surname, from the noun Knabe (“boy, young unmarried man”). This is also found as the variant Knap. * As an English surname related to the above, from the noun knave, similar to Nave. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English knappe (“hillock”), from Old English cnæpp (“summit”), probably from the same source as Icelandic hnappur (“button”). * As a Jewish surname, from the German adjective knapp (“scarce, tight”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,771 people named Knapp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,391 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 41,267.

#825

rank among US surnames

41,771

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #760)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#816	Esparza	42,559	7,255
#817	Hardin	42,469	7,270
#818	Bradshaw	42,465	7,271
#819	McIntosh	42,379	7,285
#820	Howe	42,265	7,305
#821	Livingston	42,103	7,333
#822	Frost	42,015	7,348

Who is named Knapp

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

95% of people named Knapp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knapps

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexis Knapp
American actress, born 1989
Beau Knapp
American actor and film producer, born 1989
Sandra Knapp
American botanist, born 1956
Evalyn Knapp
Actress (1906–1981)
Jennifer Knapp
American Christian musician, born 1974
George Knapp
American television journalist, radio talk host, born 1952
Robert Knapp
American actor (1924-2001)
Helga Knapp
Austrian Paralympic alpine skier

Notable Knapps come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Napp

Surnames that sound like Knapp

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Knapp come from?: * As a German surname, from the noun Knabe (“boy, young unmarried man”). This is also found as the variant Knap. * As an English surname related to the above, from the noun knave, similar to Nave. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English knappe (“hillock”), from Old English cnæpp…
How common is the surname Knapp?: 41,771 people in the United States had the surname Knapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,391 Americans. It ranked 825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knapp?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knapp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knapp?: Alexis Knapp, American actress, followed by Beau Knapp.
Where is the surname Knapp most common?: Wikidata records people named Knapp in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria.
Is the surname Knapp getting more or less common?: More common. 41,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,771 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Knapp?: Napp.