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    The surname Knepp

    A surname, carried by 4,398 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K510

    Knepp: #7,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knepp #7,559, 4,398 people Knepp: #7,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knepp #7,559, 4,398 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knepp is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,398 people named Knepp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,201 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,788.

    #7,559
    rank among US surnames
    4,398
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,067)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,553Tai4,40170,153
    #7,554Teasley4,40070,169
    #7,558Toma4,39970,185
    #7,559Knepp4,39870,201
    #7,560Eiler4,39770,217

    Who is named Knepp

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

    97% of people named Knepp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    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 Knepp

    Knepp has the Soundex code K510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K510.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knepp?
    4,398 people in the United States had the surname Knepp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,201 Americans. It ranked 7,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knepp?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knepp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knepp getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,398 in 2010, up 16%.