How common is the surname Knupp?

1,594 people in the United States had the surname Knupp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. It ranked 17,625th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knupp?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knupp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Knupp getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,594 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Knupp

A surname, carried by 1,594 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). Knupp is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, variant of Knapp or Knopp.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,594 people named Knupp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,643.

#17,625

rank among US surnames

1,594

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #16,176)

Who is named Knupp

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

97% of people named Knupp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 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 Knupp

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

Questions

Where does the surname Knupp come from?: From the German surname, variant of Knapp or Knopp.
How common is the surname Knupp?: 1,594 people in the United States had the surname Knupp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. It ranked 17,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knupp?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knupp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Knupp getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,594 in 2010, down 3.0%.