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    The surname Knee

    A surname, carried by 1,606 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K500

    Knee: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knee #17,530, 1,606 people Knee: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knee #17,530, 1,606 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knee is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,606 people named Knee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,414.

    #17,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,606
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,153)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006
    #17,526Bessey1,607192,125
    #17,530Kittelson1,606192,245
    #17,537Lipsky1,605192,365

    Who is named Knee

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

    92% of people named Knee identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knee

    Knee has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knee?
    1,606 people in the United States had the surname Knee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. It ranked 17,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knee?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Knee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Knee getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,606 in 2010, up 14%.