The Knaus surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,953 people carried this name — #14,134 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
598 people named Knaus live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Knaus.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Knaus.
- Knaebel 249 · U.S. census
- Knaff 307 · U.S. census
- Knapik 1,390 · U.S. census
- Knapp 41,267 · U.S. census
- Knaub 1,513 · U.S. census
- Knauer 2,135 · U.S. census
- Knauss 2,231 · U.S. census
- Knecht 5,336 · U.S. census
- Kneib 265 · U.S. census
- Kneip 638 · U.S. census
- Knepper 3,541 · U.S. census
- Knezevic 471 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Knaus is.
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