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 | 273 |
Buckinghamshire | 226 |
Berkshire | 465 |
Cambridgeshire | 97 |
Channel Islands | 96 |
Cheshire | 491 |
Cornwall | 744 |
Cumberland | 140 |
Derbyshire | 338 |
Devon | 1,117 |
Dorset | 384 |
Durham | 252 |
Essex | 1,011 |
Gloucestershire | 1,111 |
Hampshire | 2,303 |
Herefordshire | 120 |
Hertfordshire | 366 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 167 |
Isle of Man | 41 |
Kent | 1,748 |
Lancashire | 2,321 |
Leicestershire | 835 |
Lincolnshire | 392 |
London | 6,026 |
Middlesex | 722 |
Northumberland | 131 |
Norfolk | 138 |
Northamptonshire | 973 |
Nottinghamshire | 609 |
Oxfordshire | 188 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 167 |
Shropshire | 74 |
Suffolk | 231 |
Somerset | 1,143 |
Surrey | 1,527 |
Sussex | 2,309 |
Staffordshire | 1,208 |
Warwickshire | 1,550 |
Westmorland | 39 |
Wiltshire | 382 |
Worcestershire | 801 |
Yorkshire | 1,288 |
Anglesey | 11 |
Brecknockshire | 17 |
Cardiganshire | 7 |
Carnarvonshire | 3 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 26 |
Flintshire | 14 |
Glamorgan | 280 |
Merionethshire | 3 |
Montgomeryshire | 5 |
Monmouthshire | 263 |
Pembrokeshire | 19 |
Radnorshire | 3 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 7,298 |
Agricultural Labourer | 1,008 |
Labourer | 387 |
Dress Maker | 370 |
Domestic Servant | 365 |
General Labourer | 359 |
General Servant | 329 |
Laundress | 250 |
Farm Labourer | 234 |
Carpenter | 195 |
Coal Miner | 189 |
General Servant Domestic | 132 |
Gardener | 126 |
House Keeper | 121 |
Annuitant | 120 |
Bricklayer | 119 |
Charwoman | 102 |
Servant | 96 |
Shoe Maker | 95 |
Cotton Weaver | 85 |
No Occupation | 84 |
Butcher | 77 |
General Domestic Servant | 77 |
Clerk | 73 |
Housemaid | 73 |
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 |