The Knepp surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,398 people carried this name — #7,559 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,788 in 2000.

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In print

Knepp in American newspapers,
1899–1904.

Newspaper page from The Saint Paul Globe carrying the name Knepp
The Saint Paul Globe 1904-02-21
Newspaper page from Kansas City Journal carrying the name Knepp
Kansas City Journal 1899-05-17
Newspaper page from Kansas City Journal carrying the name Knepp
Kansas City Journal 1899-05-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,823 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Knepp in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

46 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Knepp. The most, 11, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 25
South Australia 8
Queensland 4
Western Australia 4
Victoria 3
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Knepp.

Who carried it

People named Knepp,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Knepp 1650–1681 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Knepp,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States141 records

141 records of the Knepp name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 87
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur A. Knepp

    Born 1917 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at New Cumberland; driver from Mifflin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at New Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Knepp

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Spree from Bremen and Southampton, aged 23; servant. From Stombach, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harry F. Knepp

    Born 1932; from Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 141 records for Knepp in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Knepp name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Job Knepp

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Nicholas and Jane, bound for Fort Cumberland, aged 1.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Dinah Knepp

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Nicholas and Jane, bound for Fort Cumberland, aged 29.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Allice Knepp

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Nicholas and Jane, bound for Fort Cumberland, aged 6.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Knepp name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Knepp

    Born 1896; from Rhens, Coblenz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 November 1918 (Field Artillery Regiment No. 229).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Knepp

    From Essen a. d. Ruhr. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 4 November 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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