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    The surname Knisley

    A surname, carried by 3,273 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K524

    Knisley: #9,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knisley #9,879, 3,273 people Knisley: #9,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knisley #9,879, 3,273 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knisley is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,273 people named Knisley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,331 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,113.

    #9,879
    rank among US surnames
    3,273
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,578)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,873Bingaman3,27694,245
    #9,875Dewald3,27594,273
    #9,877Portis3,27494,302
    #9,879Soltis3,27394,331
    #9,881Ugarte3,27294,360

    Who is named Knisley

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

    95% of people named Knisley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Knisleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thea Hail
      American professional wrestler, born 2003

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knisley

    Knisley 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 Knisley?
    3,273 people in the United States had the surname Knisley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,331 Americans. It ranked 9,879th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knisley?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knisley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Knisley?
    Thea Hail, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Knisley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Knisley in the United States.
    Is the surname Knisley getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,273 in 2010, up 5.1%.