The Knobloch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,282 people carried this name — #13,357 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 129,900 people counted. That is down 4% from 2,378 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 396 people named Knobloch.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 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 Poland’s population register
198 people named Knobloch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 251 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
90 people named Knobloch live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Knobloch is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Knobloch in American newspapers,
1907–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,361 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Knobloch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Knobloch 1520–1599 · physician -
Ivan Knobloch d. 1747 · preacher
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Andreas Knobloch d. 1604
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Tobias Knobloch 1574–1634 · physician
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Petr Knobloch 1728– · preacher
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František Knobloch 1746–1804 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Knobloch.
- 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
- Knoch 916 · U.S. census
- Knochel 350 · U.S. census
- Knoderer 103 · U.S. census
- Knoerr 236 · U.S. census
- Knoll 9,608 · U.S. census
- Knop 1,786 · U.S. census
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