How common is the surname Knuth?

3,927 people in the United States had the surname Knuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,621 Americans. It ranked 8,415th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knuth?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knuth?

Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938), followed by Gustav Knuth.

Where is the surname Knuth most common?

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

How do you pronounce Knuth?

Knuth is /k(ə)ˈnuːθ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Knuth getting more or less common?

More common. 3,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,927 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Knuth

A surname, carried by 3,927 people in the United States.

Pronounced /k(ə)ˈnuːθ/ 1 syllable Soundex K530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knuth is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Donald Knuth, the computer scientist.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,927 people named Knuth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,621 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,731.

#8,415

rank among US surnames

3,927

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481
#8,408	Winton	3,930	78,561
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581
#8,415	Kalman	3,927	78,621
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661
#8,423	Braley	3,924	78,681

Who is named Knuth

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

95% of people named Knuth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knuths

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Knuths come mostly from the United States (1) and Germany (1).

Questions

How common is the surname Knuth?: 3,927 people in the United States had the surname Knuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,621 Americans. It ranked 8,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knuth?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knuth?: Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938), followed by Gustav Knuth.
Where is the surname Knuth most common?: Wikidata records people named Knuth in the United States and Germany.
How do you pronounce Knuth?: Knuth is /k(ə)ˈnuːθ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Knuth getting more or less common?: More common. 3,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,927 in 2010, up 5.3%.