Knox

in the US

There are 36,178 people with the last name "Knox" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Knox 703
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  1. is 699th most common Winters
  2. is 700th most common Mcintyre
  3. is 701st most common Hull
  4. is 702nd most common Blankenship
  5. is 703rd most common Knox
  6. is 704th most common Aguirre
  7. is 705th most common Strong
  8. is 706th most common Moon
  9. is 707th most common Stout

Similar Names and Nicknames

Knoxx, Knoxs, Knoxsah, Knoxson, Knoxon, Knoxville, Knoxjohnston, Knoxseith, Knoxe, Knoxhe

Most Common First Names for Knox

John, James, Robert, William, David, Michael, Mary, Charles, Richard, Thomas



Meaning & History

Scottish, northern English, and northern Irish: from a genitive or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘roundtopped hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a habitational name from one of the places in Scotland and northern England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in particular one in Renfrewshire.

The surname is also borne by eastern Ashkenazic Jews as an Americanized form of one or more likesounding Jewish surnames.


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