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    The surname Knutsen

    A surname, carried by 2,358 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K532

    Knutsen: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Knutsen #13,023, 2,358 people Knutsen: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Knutsen #13,023, 2,358 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knutsen is more common than 92% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,358 people named Knutsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,042.

    #13,023
    rank among US surnames
    2,358
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,628)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,023Knutsen2,358130,935
    #13,029Arvin2,357130,991

    Who is named Knutsen

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

    94% of people named Knutsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Knutsens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nataly Dawn
      American musician, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Knutsen

    Knutsen has the Soundex code K532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Knutsen?
    2,358 people in the United States had the surname Knutsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. It ranked 13,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Knutsen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Knutsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Knutsen?
    Nataly Dawn, American musician.
    Where is the surname Knutsen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Knutsen in the United States.
    Is the surname Knutsen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,358 in 2010, up 16%.