Last names beginning with K

Last names from KNOB to KNOY

Each of the names is displayed with corresponding data on the name's rank and the number of time it shows up in census. Some surnames are also augmented with information about their origins and meanings. Names are sorted in alphabetical order.

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Knob	107,565			153	Jewish
Knobbe	30,199	62,792		732	Belgian
Knobel	20,982	19,104		1,168	Jewish
Knobeloch	90,252			190
Knoblach	89,895			191	Jewish
Knoblauch	16,450	46,768		1,610	Jewish
Knoble	32,529	37,641		666
Knobler	121,058	82,800		132	Jewish
Knoblett	120,330			133
Knoblich	82,691			212	Jewish
Knobloch	12,045	19,602		2,378	Jewish
Knoblock	24,701	20,160		947	Hungarian
Knoch	24,513	31,708		956	Jewish
Knoche	24,615	71,298		951
Knochel	53,556	62,791		362	Hungarian
Knochenmus	128,797			122
Knock	32,129	56,249		677	English	Local: Atten-oak, fr...
Knocke	78,326	35,448		227
Knockel	117,538			137
Knockum	130,443			120

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Knode	29,964			739
Knodel	26,738	82,798		856	Austrian
Knodell	102,173			163
Knoderer	147,095			103
Knodle	66,878			276
Knodt	143,847			106	Austrian
Knoebel	29,873	51,002		742
Knoeck	109,328			150
Knoedler	40,203	35,447		513
Knoefler	148,244			102
Knoell	41,203	82,796		499	English	The son of Nowell.
Knoeller	95,091			178
Knoepfel	96,918			174	Austrian
Knoepfle	96,033			176
Knoepfler	131,366	71,297		119
Knoepke	121,780	82,795		131
Knoeppel	146,011	82,794		104
Knoer	109,915			149
Knoernschild	91,004			188
Knoerr	82,019			214

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Knoerzer	83,618	33,495		209
Knoff	38,644	37,640		538	Polish
Knoke	30,645	28,792		718
Knol	75,466			238	Jewish
Knoles	33,933	26,406		633
Knolhoff	101,654			164
Knoll	3,473	3,859		9,404	English	Local: At the knoll,...
Knolle	88,083			196
Knollenberg	52,827	56,248		368	Belgian
Knollman	73,659	51,001		245
Knolls	127,948			123
Knolton	74,398	46,767		242
Knoop	18,626	35,446		1,364	Dutch
Knop	14,862	13,485		1,828	English	Local: At the knop, ...
Knope	44,273			458	English	Local: At the knop, ...
Knoper	128,797			122	Jewish
Knopes	130,443			120
Knopf	11,405	12,805		2,534	Jewish
Knopfler	87,729			197	Belgian
Knoph	94,227			180	Norwegian

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Knopick	83,301			210
Knopik	50,261			391	Polish
Knopke	119,644			134	Belgian
Knopp	7,541	6,859		4,068	English	Local: At the knop, ...
Knoppel	142,819			107	Jewish
Knopps	87,348			198
Knops	58,999			321	Dutch
Knopsnider	112,365			145
Knopsnyder	78,549			226
Knor	129,619			121	Jewish
Knorowski	149,328			101
Knorpp	108,734			151
Knorr	7,314	9,674		4,197	Jewish
Knose	117,538			137
Knosp	85,996			202
Knospe	113,519			143
Knost	56,687	71,294		337	Polish
Knostman	140,756			109
Knot	123,314			129	Belgian
Knote	118,236			136	Hungarian

Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Knotek	49,366	62,789		400	Czech
Knoten	131,366	62,788		119
Knoth	26,717	51,000		857	Austrian
Knothe	85,996			202
Knott	2,369	2,748		14,008	English	Local: At the knot, ...
Knotts	4,606	4,722		7,044	English	Local: At the knot, ...
Knouf	122,534			130
Knouff	49,869	33,494		395
Knous	46,153	82,790		435	South african
Knouse	16,706	12,025		1,577
Know	99,725			168
Knower	83,004	56,247		211
Knowlan	101,654			164	Celtic
Knowland	67,725			272
Knowlden	56,246			340	English	Knowlton.
Knowlen	114,166			142
Knowler	130,443			120	English	The knowler, or know...
Knowles	1,174	995		27,380	English	Local: At the knoll,...
Knowlin	58,257			326
Knowling	79,115	33,493		224
Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Origin	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Knowlton	4,133	3,377		7,931	English	Local: Of Knowlton, ...
Knowski	143,847			106
Knox	724	641		42,937	Irish	Local: Of Knocks, fr...
Knoy	56,120	40,272		341