Last Name KNOX

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Meaning Local: Of Knocks, from residence on the lands of Knocks or Knox, county Renfrew. The Knoxes were of that ilk at an early period, and sometimes wrote themselves of Ranfurly, whence the family of Knox, earls of Ranfurly in Ireland. The great Reformer was of this family.
A little hill, from cnoc.
Local: Gaelic, 'Cnoc,' a little hill; figuratively, a stout man.
Origin Irish, Scottish, South african

Rank 724 (2000 US census) 641 (1990 US census)
Count 42,937 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 65.71%, or 28214 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.25%, or 12988 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 159 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.65%, or 279 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.62%, or 696 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.4%, or 601 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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