The Knoll surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,608 people carried this name — #3,697 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,404 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 412 people named Knoll live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
297 people named Knoll live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 280 people named Knoll.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 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
122 people named Knoll have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 192 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
37 people named Knoll 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Knoll.
- Knoblauch 1,670 · U.S. census
- Knobloch 2,282 · U.S. census
- Knoch 916 · U.S. census
- Knochel 350 · U.S. census
- Knoderer 103 · U.S. census
- Knoerr 236 · U.S. census
- Knop 1,786 · U.S. census
- Knopf 2,556 · U.S. census
- Knorr 4,333 · U.S. census
- Knosp 175 · U.S. census
- Kobel 870 · U.S. census
- Kobi 167 · U.S. census
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