Knowles is used as a family name or surname in Cornish British. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Knowles
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Cornish British
Meaning: The top of a hill. Knowl, in Cornish British is a promontory, hill, or eminence, a projection of hilly ground

How popular is Knowles?

Knowles is common in England.

Knowles is ranked 6907 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Knowles bearers increased by 3.944485 per cent in 2010 US census to 28460 since 2000, the surname slipped by 65 spots and ranked at 1239. The last name was found in around 96 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.01 83.65
Black 13.19 12.18
Hispanic or Latino 2.73 1.79
Others 1.91 1.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.43
Knowles is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 78494 people have been found who wears Knowles as their family name. Knowles is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,340 Saudi Arabia9
8,582 Japan6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
7,594 Pakistan5
1,667 Cambodia4
46,030 Philippines4
32,086 Mexico3
16,136 Kenya3
3,949 Botswana3
32,695 Nigeria3
14,126 Colombia3
1,647 Fiji3
549 Seychelles2
14,521 Portugal2
37,372 Georgia2
4,104 South Korea2
20,837 Venezuela2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
6,103 Cyprus2
31,767 Greece2
23,344 Austria2
19,093 Finland2
5,318 Iraq2
1,777 Jersey2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
6,266 Luxembourg2
10,284 Kuwait2
4,367 Afghanistan2
53,505 Turkey1
7,198 Maldives1
90,903 Moldova1
1,970 Grenada1
34,581 Chile1
408 Åland1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
2,374 Bermuda1
10,958 Bangladesh1
734 Chad1
174,544 Czech Republic1
746 Dominica1
12,741 Ecuador1
24,176 Qatar1
5,872 Namibia1
2,040 Mali1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
3,243 Suriname1
58,885 Poland1
5,553 Taiwan1
14,644 Tunisia1
29,595 Iran1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,578 Guam1
24,460 Armenia1
20,172 Hungary1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
341 United States Virgin Islands42
13,773 Denmark39
745 Barbados39
20,103 Norway33
122 Turks and Caicos Islands33
9,620 Singapore30
43,662 Belgium30
699 Isle of Man21
52,719 United Arab Emirates18
1,286 Malta16
90,092 Germany16
2,705 China16
4,076 Costa Rica14
536,142 India13
393,760 Indonesia12
9,459 Thailand12
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,821 Netherlands97
50,444 Argentina90
791 Belize75
15,572 Switzerland72
14,205 Sweden65
Countries with hundreds of Knowles:
448 Wales801
1,326 Ireland426
23,687 France416
897 Northern Ireland358
7,729 Ghana320
1,197 Jamaica250
13,788 Spain249
56 Antigua and Barbuda180
1,470 Hong Kong166
62,979 Italy101
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Knowles:
4 The Bahamas5,873
680 Australia4,453
1,614 South Africa4,109
1,335 Canada3,844
399 New Zealand1,550
704 Scotland1,181
13,264 Brazil1,018
Countries with ten thousands of Knowles:
1,154 United States33,220
318 England18,972
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Knowles was 28 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 11, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Adirondack from Cork. Ellen Knowles, aged 19, John Knowles (21) Workman, 30 years old Mary Knowles, Born at sea Eliza Knowles, Mary Knowles, aged 24, Esther Knowles, aged 19, Judy Knowles (25) Maid, 26 years old George Knowles, and 54 other Knowles around 38.64% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, weaver, shoemaker, sugar baker migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork and Dublin.

Knowles Namesakes

  • Alison Knowles, Artist
  • Tony Knowles, Former Governor of Alaska
  • Preston Knowles, Basketball Player
  • Nick Knowles, Television presenter
  • Ryan Knowles, Actor
  • Mark Knowles, Field Hockey player
  • Jesse Monroe Knowles, Political leader
  • Tina Knowles, Businesswoman
  • Shanica Knowles, Actress
  • Shanica Knowles, Actress
  • In 2018 horror film, Octagon, Elizabeth Baden Knowles characterized Lora.

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