Knight Name Meaning: An Old English word meaning 'servant' or 'boy'
An occupational Anglo-Saxon name which was usually given to servants in a high status household.
Discover how your Knight ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 276 |
Buckinghamshire | 244 |
Berkshire | 336 |
Cambridgeshire | 62 |
Channel Islands | 106 |
Cheshire | 372 |
Cornwall | 823 |
Cumberland | 127 |
Derbyshire | 137 |
Devon | 885 |
Dorset | 435 |
Durham | 60 |
Essex | 583 |
Gloucestershire | 872 |
Hampshire | 1,786 |
Herefordshire | 122 |
Hertfordshire | 343 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 203 |
Isle of Man | 20 |
Kent | 1,203 |
Lancashire | 1,055 |
Leicestershire | 556 |
Lincolnshire | 295 |
London | 3,363 |
Middlesex | 211 |
Northumberland | 38 |
Norfolk | 328 |
Northamptonshire | 654 |
Nottinghamshire | 352 |
Oxfordshire | 106 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 203 |
Shropshire | 76 |
Suffolk | 249 |
Somerset | 1,031 |
Surrey | 774 |
Sussex | 1,561 |
Staffordshire | 647 |
Warwickshire | 1,122 |
Westmorland | 13 |
Wiltshire | 417 |
Worcestershire | 542 |
Yorkshire | 570 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 11 |
Cardiganshire | 9 |
Carnarvonshire | 3 |
Carmarthenshire | 8 |
Denbighshire | 18 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 62 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 179 |
Pembrokeshire | 3 |
Radnorshire | 9 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 2,845 |
Agricultural Labourer | 1,147 |
House Servant | 511 |
Labourer | 372 |
At Home | 296 |
Farm Labourer | 264 |
Servant | 225 |
Dress Maker | 219 |
Laundress | 147 |
Carpenter | 129 |
Annuitant | 127 |
General Servant | 124 |
Pauper | 121 |
Shoe Maker | 114 |
House Keeper | 104 |
Errand Boy | 97 |
Tailor | 89 |
Gardener | 84 |
Ag Labourer | 83 |
Lace Maker | 82 |
Farm Servant | 79 |
Ag Lab | 77 |
Scholar At Home | 76 |
Butcher | 66 |
Cook | 66 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Knight | 16,898 |
Mary Knight | 15,652 |
John Knight | 13,479 |
Elizabeth Knight | 10,575 |
George Knight | 10,557 |
Sarah Knight | 8,740 |
Thomas Knight | 8,669 |
James Knight | 8,383 |
Charles Knight | 6,148 |
Henry Knight | 6,080 |
Ann Knight | 5,026 |
Jane Knight | 4,362 |
Joseph Knight | 4,099 |
Eliza Knight | 3,804 |
Ellen Knight | 3,784 |
Alice Knight | 3,761 |
Emma Knight | 3,600 |
Annie Knight | 3,392 |
Frederick Knight | 3,293 |
Emily Knight | 3,164 |
Alfred Knight | 3,143 |
Edward Knight | 2,848 |
Richard Knight | 2,706 |
Arthur Knight | 2,454 |
Robert Knight | 2,427 |