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    The surname Knoop

    A German surname, carried by 1,422 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K510

    Knoop: #19,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knoop #19,123, 1,422 people Knoop: #19,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knoop #19,123, 1,422 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knoop is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German or Dutch

    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 1,422 people named Knoop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,121 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,364.

    #19,123
    rank among US surnames
    1,422
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,626)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,114Sereno1,423216,968
    #19,123Winebarger1,422217,121
    #19,131Byerley1,421217,273

    Who is named Knoop

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

    96% of people named Knoop identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    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 Knoop

    Knoop has the Soundex code K510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K510.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Knoop come from?
    Knoop is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Knoop?
    1,422 people in the United States had the surname Knoop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,121 Americans. It ranked 19,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knoop?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knoop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knoop getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,422 in 2010, up 4.3%.