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    The surname Knoblauch

    A German surname, carried by 1,670 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K514

    Knoblauch: #17,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knoblauch #17,014, 1,670 people Knoblauch: #17,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knoblauch #17,014, 1,670 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knoblauch is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Knoblauch.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,670 people named Knoblauch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,878 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,610.

    #17,014
    rank among US surnames
    1,670
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,450)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,005Kebede1,671184,767
    #17,014Arocha1,670184,878

    Who is named Knoblauch

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

    95% of people named Knoblauch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knoblauch

    Knoblauch has the Soundex code K514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K514.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Knoblauch come from?
    Borrowed from German Knoblauch.
    How common is the surname Knoblauch?
    1,670 people in the United States had the surname Knoblauch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,878 Americans. It ranked 17,014th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knoblauch?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knoblauch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knoblauch getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,670 in 2010, up 3.7%.