# Knott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/knott/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,622 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,466 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,115 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (14,008 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Knut, a male given name from Old Norse Knútr.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knott in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Knott in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Knott

- Lydia Knott, American actress (1866-1955)
- Andrew Knott, British actor
- J. Proctor Knott, American politician (1830-1911)
- Brad Knott, American politician (born 1986)

## Similar surnames

Kennedy, Kent, Knuth, Kennett, Kondo, Kind, Kindt, Kawamoto, Kamath, Kunde, Konda, Kenneth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.