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    The surname Knell

    A surname, carried by 1,210 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K540

    Knell: #21,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knell #21,568, 1,210 people Knell: #21,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knell #21,568, 1,210 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knell is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,210 people named Knell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,170.

    #21,568
    rank among US surnames
    1,210
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,945)

    Who is named Knell

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

    94% of people named Knell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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 Knell

    Knell has the Soundex code K540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knell?
    1,210 people in the United States had the surname Knell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. It ranked 21,568th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Knell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,210 in 2010, up 3.4%.