# Knauff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/knauff/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,154 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,334 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 267,544 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (1,164 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knauff 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Knauff in the United States.

## People named Knauff

- Jack Norworth, American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer (1879-1959)

## Similar surnames

Knauf, Knaub, Kemp, Knapp, Kempf, Knepp, Kamp, Knopp, Knipp, Knopf, Knop, Knipe.

## 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.