Last Name KNIGHT

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Meaning	The knight, a man-at-arms, a military follower. Other forms are Knicht, Knyghtm Knict, Kneyt, Knigt, Kniht, Knyth, and Knit. A term originally applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms, by a certain ceremony of great importance called knighting, which was generally conferred by the king.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	199 (2000 US census)	155 (1990 US census)

Count	131,860 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.79%, or 98618 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.78%, or 27401 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 527 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.74%, or 976 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 2202 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.63%, or 2149 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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