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    The surname Knobloch

    A Czech surname, carried by 2,282 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K514

    Knobloch: #13,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knobloch #13,357, 2,282 people Knobloch: #13,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knobloch #13,357, 2,282 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knobloch is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    A surname from Czech.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,282 people named Knobloch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,296 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,378.

    #13,357
    rank among US surnames
    2,282
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,045)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,349Starbuck2,284135,178
    #13,356Forst2,283135,237
    #13,357Knobloch2,282135,296
    #13,360Degennaro2,281135,355

    Who is named Knobloch

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

    96% of people named Knobloch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Knobloch

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

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Knobloch come from?
    Knobloch is Czech in origin.
    How common is the surname Knobloch?
    2,282 people in the United States had the surname Knobloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,296 Americans. It ranked 13,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knobloch?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knobloch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knobloch getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,282 in 2010, down 4.0%.