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    The surname Knisely

    A surname, carried by 1,849 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K524

    Knisely: #15,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knisely #15,763, 1,849 people Knisely: #15,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knisely #15,763, 1,849 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knisely is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,849 people named Knisely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,980 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,709.

    #15,763
    rank among US surnames
    1,849
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,699)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,758Shuff1,850166,889
    #15,763Delmonte1,849166,980
    #15,771Prock1,848167,070

    Who is named Knisely

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

    97% of people named Knisely identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • 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 Knisely

    Knisely has the Soundex code K524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knisely?
    1,849 people in the United States had the surname Knisely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,980 Americans. It ranked 15,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knisely?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knisely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knisely getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,849 in 2010, up 8.2%.