Knecht is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Knecht
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Alsatian or German name meaning servant valet (from youth). Diminutive: Knechtlin.

How popular is Knecht?

Knecht is common in France.

Knecht is ranked 26366 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Knecht bearers increased by 2.173913 per cent in 2010 US census to 5452 since 2000, the surname slipped by 330 spots and ranked at 6267. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.34 96.81
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.39
Others 1.5 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.26
Black 0.15 0.09
Knecht is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 19331 people have been found who wears Knecht as their family name. Knecht is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
812 Monaco5
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
381,097 Ukraine4
67,494 South Africa3
661,536 Indonesia3
19,452 Malaysia3
14,054 China3
3,871 Paraguay2
41,879 Turkey2
26,532 Chile2
14,408 Uruguay2
19,046 Ireland2
25,721 Egypt1
5,467 Haiti1
20,172 Hungary1
1,704,541 India1
37,779 Serbia1
31,584 Peru1
16,283 Lithuania1
36,814 Romania1
15,162 Costa Rica1
36,678 Singapore1
29,774 Venezuela1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
165,773 Belarus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,427 Australia48
4,813 Hong Kong47
45,082 Spain45
21,712 Sweden44
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
18,457 Scotland20
3,830 Luxembourg20
5,663 Thailand18
29,040 Denmark15
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,775 Israel82
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Knecht:
17,493 Brazil747
9,170 Poland668
14,487 Canada259
13,500 Netherlands208
6,872 Austria183
10,721 Belgium171
36,751 Argentina134
14,744 Czech Republic119
Countries with thousands of Knecht:
5,969 United States6,541
1,310 Germany5,783
169 Switzerland2,908
7,826 France1,127
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Michel Knecht was 29 years old when he migrated to USA on April 14, 1881. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Elysia from London.

Comments

S
Sherrell Glandon
 Knecht is a nickname that is a derivative knech knech is a nickname the origin of this name is German etymology comes from knecht: servant.

Knecht Namesakes

  • Katarína Knechtová, Singer
  • Andromeda Knecht, Author
  • Anya Knechtel, Marlo Raynolds' wife
  • Larry Knechtel, Keyboard Player
  • Aubree Knecht, Actress
  • Peter Knecht, Attorney
  • Katarína Knechtová, Singer
  • Ron Knecht, Politician
  • Justin Heinrich Knecht, Composer
  • Doris Knecht, Author

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