The surname McKnight
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 34,055 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M252
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 34,055 people named McKnight in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,066 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,386.
Who is named McKnight
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
59% of people named McKnight identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 59%
- Black (not Hispanic) 35%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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McKnight has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McKnight come from?
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.
- How common is the surname McKnight?
- 34,055 people in the United States had the surname McKnight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,066 Americans. It ranked 1,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McKnight?
- In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named McKnight identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McKnight getting more or less common?
- More common. 32,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,055 in 2010, up 5.2%.