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    The surname Knuckles

    A surname, carried by 2,519 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K524

    Knuckles: #12,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knuckles #12,348, 2,519 people Knuckles: #12,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knuckles #12,348, 2,519 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knuckles is more common than 92.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,519 people named Knuckles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,567 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,442.

    #12,348
    rank among US surnames
    2,519
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,753)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567
    #12,350Laubach2,518122,615
    #12,351Lobdell2,517122,664
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713

    Who is named Knuckles

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

    61% of people named Knuckles identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knuckles

    Knuckles has the Soundex code K524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knuckles?
    2,519 people in the United States had the surname Knuckles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,567 Americans. It ranked 12,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knuckles?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Knuckles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Knuckles getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,519 in 2010, up 3.2%.