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The surname Knaub

A surname, carried by 1,570 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K510

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knaub is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,570 people named Knaub in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,513.

#17,823
rank among US surnames
1,570
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+3.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,240)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,818Majka1,571196,528
#17,823Fiorillo1,570196,653

Who is named Knaub

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

97% of people named Knaub identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
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 Knaub

Knaub 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 Knaub?
1,570 people in the United States had the surname Knaub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. It ranked 17,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knaub?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knaub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Knaub getting more or less common?
More common. 1,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,570 in 2010, up 3.8%.