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    The surname Knouse

    A surname, carried by 1,618 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K520

    Knouse: #17,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knouse #17,432, 1,618 people Knouse: #17,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knouse #17,432, 1,618 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knouse is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,618 people named Knouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,819 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,577.

    #17,432
    rank among US surnames
    1,618
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,706)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,428Heppner1,619190,701
    #17,432Marzano1,618190,819
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937

    Who is named Knouse

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

    97% of people named Knouse identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    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 Knouse

    Knouse has the Soundex code K520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knouse?
    1,618 people in the United States had the surname Knouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,819 Americans. It ranked 17,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knouse?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Knouse getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,618 in 2010, up 2.6%.