# Knarr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/knarr/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,461 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,766 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 211,325 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.5% (1,468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname used as a nickname for a hunchback, from knorr (“lump”), which is cognate with knar (“lump, tree knot”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knarr in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Similar surnames

Knorr, Knauer, Knerr, Kumar, Keener, Kamara, Kenner, Kimura, Kummer, Kammer, Kinnear, Kinner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.