as a Last Name
- 47,506
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Knox
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 723rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 47,506
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Knox per capita
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