as a Last Name
- 5,300
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Knecht
Meaning & Origins
German and Swiss German: occupational name for a journeyman, from Middle High German kneht, Middle Low German knecht ‘knight's assistant’, ‘lad’, ‘servant’, ‘hired hand’, ‘apprentice’, ‘helper’.
| 5,649th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,300
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Knecht per capita
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