How Many People Have the Last Name Knight?
people had the surname Knight in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 2,157 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+4,853 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Knight (72.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 21.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Knight ranks #153. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 74.8% to 72.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Knight grew from 131,860 people in 2000 to 136,713 in 2010 (up 3.7%), and its rank fell from #199 to #209. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 48.88 to 46.35 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 131,860 | 136,713 |
| Rank | #199 | #209 |
| Per 100,000 people | 48.88 | 46.35 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Knight
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Knight: K523
👤 Knight as a First Name
Knight is a first name too: about 916 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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