The Knab surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 976 people carried this name — #25,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 990 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 191 people named Knab.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Knab live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Knab,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jost Knab 1593–1658 · Catholic priest -
Ferdinand Knab 1834–1902 · painter -
Ferdinand Knab 1837–1902 · painter
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Frederick Knab 1865–1918 · artist -
Michael Knab 1300–1500 · sculptor
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Michael Knab 1300–1400 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Knab.
- Klotz 6,021 · U.S. census
- Klug 6,041 · U.S. census
- Klumpp 1,300 · U.S. census
- Kmiec 1,053 · U.S. census
- Kmieciak 266 · U.S. census
- Kmiecik 786 · U.S. census
- Knaebel 253 · U.S. census
- Knaff 317 · U.S. census
- Knapik 1,399 · U.S. census
- Knapp 41,771 · U.S. census
- Knaub 1,570 · U.S. census
- Knauer 2,171 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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