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    The surname Knights

    A surname, carried by 1,994 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K523

    Knights: #14,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knights #14,854, 1,994 people Knights: #14,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knights #14,854, 1,994 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knights is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,994 people named Knights in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,823.

    #14,854
    rank among US surnames
    1,994
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,890)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,848Aslam1,995154,760
    #14,854Knights1,994154,837
    #14,862Werts1,993154,915

    Who is named Knights

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

    60% of people named Knights identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Knightss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christopher Knights
      British actor, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knights

    Knights 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 Knights?
    1,994 people in the United States had the surname Knights in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. It ranked 14,854th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knights?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Knights identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Knights?
    Christopher Knights, British actor.
    Where is the surname Knights most common?
    Wikidata records people named Knights in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Knights getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,823 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,994 in 2010, up 9.4%.