as a Last Name
- 10,580
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Knoll
Meaning & Origins
English and German: topographic name for someone living near a hilltop or mountain peak, from Middle English knolle ‘hilltop’, ‘hillock’ (Old English cnoll), Middle High German knol ‘peak’. In some cases the English name is habitational, from one of the many places named with this word, for example Knole in Kent or Knowle in Dorset, West Midlands, etc.
| 3,406th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,580
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Knoll per capita
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