# Knuth (surname)

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

Donald Knuth, the computer scientist.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,927 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,415 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 78,621 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (3,731 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /k(ə)ˈnuːθ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knuth 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Knuth in the United States and Germany.

## People named Knuth

- Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
- Gustav Knuth, actor (1901-1987)

## Similar surnames

Kennedy, Kent, Knott, 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.