How common is the surname Knop?

1,786 people in the United States had the surname Knop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. It ranked 16,179th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Knop getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,786 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Knop

A surname, carried by 1,786 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knop is more common than 90% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,786 people named Knop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,828.

#16,179

rank among US surnames

1,786

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,862)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967

Who is named Knop

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

95% of people named Knop identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knop

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

Questions

How common is the surname Knop?: 1,786 people in the United States had the surname Knop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. It ranked 16,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knop?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Knop getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,786 in 2010, down 2.3%.