The Kneip surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 686 people carried this name — #33,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 638 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kneip surname
Borrowed from German Kneip (“cobbler's knife”), from the same source of English knife.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kneip» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Kneip.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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.
Who carried it
People named Kneip,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leopold Kneip 1865–1942
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Adelheid Kneip 1868–1940
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Karl Kneip 1869–1940
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Henriette Kneip 1870–1940
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Adele Regensburger 1873–1942
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Adele Regensburger 1874–1942
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kneip.
- Knaub 1,570 · U.S. census
- Knauer 2,171 · U.S. census
- Knaus 2,047 · U.S. census
- Knauss 2,212 · U.S. census
- Knecht 5,452 · U.S. census
- Kneib 249 · U.S. census
- Knepper 3,930 · U.S. census
- Knezevic 561 · U.S. census
- Knight 136,713 · U.S. census
- Knipper 551 · U.S. census
- Knittel 1,254 · U.S. census
- Knoblauch 1,670 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kneip is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.