Knot is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.
Knot is variant of the Notman. Note is a northern provincialism for neat or black cattle, and consequently Not-man is identical, not with coward, as might appear, but with con-herd! It is Noteman without prefix in Hundred Rolls.
Family name is a variation of the Knott. The Scandinavian Cnut or Canute, a personal name. The sandpiperor knot-bird, derives its name from King Canute . Britannia, 971. And Drayton in his Polyolbion sings-
"The Knot that called was Canutus' bird of old,
Of that great King of Danes his name that still doth hold;
His appetite to please that far and near was sought,
For him, as some have said, from Denmark hither brought."
A Cnut appears in the Domesday of Derby, Nottingham, and York, and he was evidently either a Dane or of Danish extraction.
"Our surname of Knot, being so made by abbreviation, some say should more rightly be Kanut."
Family name Knot is form of the Canute. From Scandinavian personal name meaning "knot".
Knot is the variant form of Knott. Rocky summit; also Knut or Canute.
A form of Knott. Dweller at a rocky hilltop; descendant of Knut meaning "hill, or white-haired".
How popular is Knot?
As per 2010 US census, number of Knots plummeted by 18.6 per cent to 105 since 2000 and slipped by 31593 spots and ranked at 154907. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 71.43 | 61.24 |
| Black | 18.1 | 22.48 |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 5.71 | 10.08 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
25 years old Theod. Knot who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on June 14, 1852 by Commerce put out from Bremen. Joseph Knot (27) Farmer, Servant Anna-Elisabeth Knot, Catherine Knot, aged 21, 21 years old Betsy Knot, Sarah Knot (18) Laborer, Thomas Knot (19) Laborer, Emma Knot, Enselna Knot, and 2 other Knot around 57.14% of whom were laborer migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, London, Liverpool and Hamburg.