How common is the surname Knauf?

1,366 people in the United States had the surname Knauf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. It ranked 19,716th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knauf?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knauf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Knauf getting more or less common?

More common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,366 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Knauf

A surname, carried by 1,366 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). Knauf is more common than 87.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,366 people named Knauf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,362.

#19,716

rank among US surnames

1,366

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,645)

Who is named Knauf

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

96% of people named Knauf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knauf

Knauf 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 Knauf?: 1,366 people in the United States had the surname Knauf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. It ranked 19,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knauf?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knauf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Knauf getting more or less common?: More common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,366 in 2010, up 0.3%.