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    The surname Knipe

    A surname, carried by 1,713 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K510

    Knipe: #16,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knipe #16,707, 1,713 people Knipe: #16,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knipe #16,707, 1,713 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knipe is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,713 people named Knipe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,237 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,539.

    #16,707
    rank among US surnames
    1,713
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,014)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,704Guidroz1,714180,132
    #16,707Nyquist1,713180,237
    #16,716Rasor1,712180,342

    Who is named Knipe

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

    89% of people named Knipe identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Knipes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Julie K. Brown
      American investigative journalist, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knipe

    Knipe 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 Knipe?
    1,713 people in the United States had the surname Knipe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,237 Americans. It ranked 16,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knipe?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Knipe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Knipe?
    Julie K. Brown, American investigative journalist.
    Where is the surname Knipe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Knipe in the United States.
    Is the surname Knipe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,713 in 2010, up 11%.