How common is the surname Knauss?

2,212 people in the United States had the surname Knauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,578 Americans. It ranked 13,690th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knauss?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knauss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knauss?

Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (1880–1999), followed by Hans Knauß.

Where is the surname Knauss most common?

Wikidata records people named Knauss in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Knauss getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,212 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Knauss

A German surname, carried by 2,212 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knauss is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Knauss.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,212 people named Knauss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,578 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,231.

#13,690

rank among US surnames

2,212

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,711)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,682	Kirchoff	2,213	139,514
#13,690	Mani	2,212	139,578
#13,696	Hanlin	2,211	139,641

Who is named Knauss

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

95% of people named Knauss identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knausss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Knauss
American supercentenarian (1880–1999)
Hans Knauß
Austrian alpine skier, born 1971

Notable Knausss come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knauss

Knauss has the Soundex code K520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K520.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Knauss come from?: Borrowed from German Knauss.
How common is the surname Knauss?: 2,212 people in the United States had the surname Knauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,578 Americans. It ranked 13,690th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knauss?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knauss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knauss?: Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (1880–1999), followed by Hans Knauß.
Where is the surname Knauss most common?: Wikidata records people named Knauss in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Knauss getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,212 in 2010, down 0.9%.