Surname Checker / Knight
How Common Is the Last Name Knight?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Knight today
151,372
Ranked #209 of 162,254 published surnames · 46.35 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 136,713 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.31%
Black
21.61%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.52%
Hispanic
2.5%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.