The Knuth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,927 people carried this name — #8,415 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,731 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

347 people named Knuth have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 426 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 218
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 51
West Pomeranian 25
Silesian 18
Warmian-Masurian 9
Subcarpathian 9
Łódź 4
Greater Poland 4

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

28 people named Knuth live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Zurich 14
Aargau 5
St. Gallen 5
Uri 4

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

52 people named Knuth are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28
Finland (2026) 24

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Knuth in American newspapers,
1917–1919.

Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Bulletin carrying the name Knuth
The Butte Daily Bulletin 1919-02-05
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Knuth
The Butte Daily Post 1917-04-23
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Knuth
The Butte Daily Post 1917-04-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,128 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Knuth in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

856 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Knuth. The most, 208, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 702
New South Wales 122
Victoria 16
Western Australia 7
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Knuth,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eggert Christopher von Knuth
    Eggert Christopher von Knuth 1643–1697 · estate owner
  • Adam Levin Knuth
    Adam Levin Knuth 1648–1699 · valet de chambre
  • Adam Christopher Knuth
    Adam Christopher Knuth 1687–1736 · estate owner
  • Eggert Christopher Knuth
    Eggert Christopher Knuth 1722–1776 · judge
  • Johan Heinrich Knuth
    Johan Heinrich Knuth 1746–1802 · amtmann
  • Anne Christine von Knuth 1678–1723 · aristocrat

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Knuth,
in the records of 7 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 States817 records

817 records of the Knuth name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 497
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 129
  • Other U.S. records 191
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John B. Knuth

    Born 1915 in Illinois. Enlisted 1941 at Kalamazoo, Michigan; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Michigan.

    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 Henriette Knuth

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Louis Napoleon from Hamburg, aged 17; laborer. From Luebz, Germany; bound for New York.

    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 Lawrence Douglas Knuth

    Born 1940; from Boynton Beach, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry officer; killed in action 1966 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 817 records for Knuth in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Germany657 records

657 records of the Knuth 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 Rudolf Knuth

    Born 1893; from Kammin. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 26 May 1917; then reported dead in the list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 186).

    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 Albert Knuth

    From Demmin. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 10 December 1914 (Fusilier Regiment No. 33).

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

    Born 1895; from Greifswald. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 August 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 42).

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

Showing 3 of 657 records for Knuth in Germany.

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).

Netherlands85 records

85 records of the Knuth name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 46
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 34
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Knuth

    Married in 1930 in Kerkrade; miner. Died 1952 in Kerkrade, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Kerkrade (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emil Knuth

    Died 1914 in Winterswijk, aged 26.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jeanne Louise Dauphine Knuth

    Buried in 1783 in Vreeswijk.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 85 records for Knuth in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Knuth name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 24
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Other Australian records 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Auguste Knuth

    Arrived in Queensland in 1877 aboard the Charles Dickens, aged 30.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jurgen Knuth

    Miner of Maryborough, Victoria; died 1890.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Count Knuth

    Arrived in Victoria in 1905 aboard the Nera, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Knuth in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Knuth name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gerard Antoine Knuth

    Born 1919 in Chalinargues (Cantal); died 1981 in Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Margarete Auguste Suzanne Knuth

    Born 1921 in Germany; died 1994 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leon Charles Henri Knuth

    Born 1954 in Hettange-Grande (Moselle); died 1974 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Knuth in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Knuth name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ernest William Knuth

    Buried in 1984 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 69.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marie Knuth

    Died 1980; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Herman Knuth

    Died 1936; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Knuth in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Knuth name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Henrick Knuth

    Census of 1910: Lilletveit, Vegusdal; road worker, born 1872 in Pommeren Tyskland.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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