Knitter is used as a family name or surname in Poland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Knitter
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Poland
Meaning: Rare in France (67, 57), should be a variant of Knütter, which undoubtedly designated one who fabricates nets (Middle Low German knutten = bind, tie, knit).

How popular is Knitter?

Knitter is common in Poland.

Knitter is ranked 123352 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Knitter bearers increased by 0.6657789 per cent in 2010 US census to 756 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1201 spots and ranked at 30799. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.24 97.34
Others 1.98 0
Hispanic or Latino 1.72 0.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0
Knitter is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Poland which may be its originating country too. Around 3234 people have been found who wears Knitter as their family name. Knitter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
184,212 France3
1,704,541 India1
77,122 Sweden1
38,841 Scotland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
21,562 Portugal1
31,207 Ireland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
25,746 Finland1
169,904 Brazil1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
85,726 Canada32
107,506 England27
109,551 Australia13
Countries with hundreds of Knitter:
34,755 United States828
13,857 Germany740
Countries with thousands of Knitter:
3,723 Poland1,575

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Anton Knitter was 29 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 5, 1851. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Henry from London.

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