# Knecht (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,452 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,267 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,630 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (5,336 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Derived from German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knecht 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Knecht in the United States.

## People named Knecht

- Dalton Knecht, American basketball player (born 2001)
- William Knecht, American rower (1930–1992)

## Similar surnames

Knight, Kincaid, Kingston, Knighton, Knighten, Kincade, Kinkade, Knights, Kinkead, Kinoshita, Kunst.

## 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.