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    The surname Knerr

    A German surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K560

    Knerr: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knerr #17,752, 1,578 people Knerr: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knerr #17,752, 1,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knerr is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Knerr.

    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 1,578 people named Knerr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,579.

    #17,752
    rank among US surnames
    1,578
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,688)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,745Zacher1,579195,532
    #17,752Deo1,578195,656

    Who is named Knerr

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

    96% of people named Knerr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • 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 Knerr

    Knerr has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Knerr come from?
    Borrowed from German Knerr.
    How common is the surname Knerr?
    1,578 people in the United States had the surname Knerr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knerr?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knerr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Knerr getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, down 0.1%.