How common is the surname Knecht?

5,452 people in the United States had the surname Knecht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,630 Americans. It ranked 6,267th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knecht?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knecht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knecht?

Dalton Knecht, American basketball player (born 2001), followed by William Knecht.

Where is the surname Knecht most common?

Wikidata records people named Knecht in the United States.

Is the surname Knecht getting more or less common?

More common. 5,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,452 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Knecht

A German occupational surname, carried by 5,452 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knecht is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Knecht is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 5,452 people named Knecht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,630 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,336.

#6,267

rank among US surnames

5,452

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,260	Cronk	5,456	56,588
#6,263	Amerson	5,455	56,599
#6,265	Bey	5,453	56,619
#6,267	Knecht	5,452	56,630
#6,268	Cawley	5,451	56,640
#6,269	McCulley	5,450	56,651

Who is named Knecht

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

95% of people named Knecht identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knechts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knecht

Knight

Knecht has the Soundex code K523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K523.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Knecht come from?: Derived from German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”).
How common is the surname Knecht?: 5,452 people in the United States had the surname Knecht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,630 Americans. It ranked 6,267th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knecht?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knecht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knecht?: Dalton Knecht, American basketball player (born 2001), followed by William Knecht.
Where is the surname Knecht most common?: Wikidata records people named Knecht in the United States.
What type of surname is Knecht?: Knecht is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Knecht getting more or less common?: More common. 5,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,452 in 2010, up 2.2%.