Last Name KNIGHTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Knighton. West Knighton, a parish in county Dorset, four miles from Dorchester; also, a chapelry in the parish of Lindridge, county Worcester; also, a chapelry in the parish of St. Margaret, Leicester.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	6,550 (2000 US census)	7,600 (1990 US census)

Count	4,771 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

63.38%, or 3024 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
32.97%, or 1573 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 17 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.48%, or 23 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.8%, or 86 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.01%, or 48 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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