How common is the surname Knopf?

2,556 people in the United States had the surname Knopf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,792 Americans. It ranked 12,188th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knopf?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knopf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knopf?

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher (1892–1984), followed by Edwin H. Knopf.

Where is the surname Knopf most common?

Wikidata records people named Knopf in the United States.

Is the surname Knopf getting more or less common?

More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,556 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Knopf

A German surname, carried by 2,556 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). Knopf is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Knopf.

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 2,556 people named Knopf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,792 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,534.

#12,188

rank among US surnames

2,556

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,405)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,180	Frerichs	2,559	120,651
#12,182	Kollman	2,558	120,698
#12,186	Gayton	2,557	120,745
#12,188	Alldredge	2,556	120,792
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840

Who is named Knopf

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

96% of people named Knopf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knopfs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.
American publisher (1892–1984)
Edwin H. Knopf
American film director, producer and screenwriter (1899–1981)
Eleanora Knopf
American geologist, 1883–1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knopf

Knopf 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 Knopf come from?: Borrowed from German Knopf.
How common is the surname Knopf?: 2,556 people in the United States had the surname Knopf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,792 Americans. It ranked 12,188th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knopf?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Knopf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knopf?: Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher (1892–1984), followed by Edwin H. Knopf.
Where is the surname Knopf most common?: Wikidata records people named Knopf in the United States.
Is the surname Knopf getting more or less common?: More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,556 in 2010, up 0.9%.