How common is the surname Knighten?

3,759 people in the United States had the surname Knighten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,135 Americans. It ranked 8,724th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Knighten getting more or less common?

More common. 3,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,759 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Knighten

A surname, carried by 3,759 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knighten is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,759 people named Knighten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,135 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,504.

#8,724

rank among US surnames

3,759

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,640)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,718	Ming	3,764	82,026
#8,720	Ortez	3,762	82,070
#8,723	Glasscock	3,761	82,091
#8,724	Grundy	3,759	82,135
#8,727	Swiger	3,758	82,157
#8,728	Werth	3,757	82,179
#8,732	Chien	3,756	82,201

Who is named Knighten

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

48% of people named Knighten identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Black (not Hispanic) 46%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knighten

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

Questions

How common is the surname Knighten?: 3,759 people in the United States had the surname Knighten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,135 Americans. It ranked 8,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knighten?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Knighten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Knighten getting more or less common?: More common. 3,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,759 in 2010, up 7.3%.