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 | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 251 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 67 |
Channel Islands | 100 |
Cheshire | 384 |
Cornwall | 820 |
Cumberland | 153 |
Derbyshire | 186 |
Devon | 1,056 |
Dorset | 453 |
Durham | 147 |
Essex | 805 |
Gloucestershire | 1,054 |
Hampshire | 1,983 |
Herefordshire | 134 |
Hertfordshire | 312 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 223 |
Isle of Man | 25 |
Kent | 1,430 |
Lancashire | 1,796 |
Leicestershire | 709 |
Lincolnshire | 349 |
London | 5,089 |
Middlesex | 488 |
Northumberland | 89 |
Norfolk | 204 |
Northamptonshire | 772 |
Nottinghamshire | 443 |
Oxfordshire | 177 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 223 |
Shropshire | 70 |
Suffolk | 341 |
Somerset | 1,051 |
Surrey | 1,099 |
Sussex | 1,926 |
Staffordshire | 887 |
Warwickshire | 1,335 |
Westmorland | 22 |
Wiltshire | 352 |
Worcestershire | 693 |
Yorkshire | 991 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 21 |
Cardiganshire | 1 |
Carnarvonshire | 5 |
Carmarthenshire | 4 |
Denbighshire | 6 |
Flintshire | 8 |
Glamorgan | 197 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 213 |
Pembrokeshire | 11 |
Radnorshire | 2 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 5,030 |
Agricultural Labourer | 1,117 |
Labourer | 600 |
Domestic Servant | 380 |
General Servant | 291 |
Dress Maker | 263 |
Laundress | 225 |
Carpenter | 200 |
Servant | 178 |
House Keeper | 140 |
Farm Labourer | 135 |
Gardener | 131 |
Annuitant | 117 |
Shoe Maker | 107 |
Cook | 100 |
Coal Miner | 94 |
Tailor | 91 |
Bricklayer | 89 |
Farm Servant | 88 |
Dressmaker | 83 |
Butcher | 82 |
Wife Of Above | 78 |
General Servant Domestic | 77 |
Blacksmith | 77 |
Nurse | 75 |
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 |