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 | 330 |
Buckinghamshire | 273 |
Berkshire | 541 |
Cambridgeshire | 134 |
Channel Islands | 50 |
Cheshire | 634 |
Cornwall | 688 |
Cumberland | 99 |
Derbyshire | 479 |
Devon | 1,216 |
Dorset | 543 |
Durham | 452 |
Essex | 2,625 |
Gloucestershire | 1,274 |
Hampshire | 2,832 |
Herefordshire | 129 |
Hertfordshire | 517 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 118 |
Isle of Man | 24 |
Kent | 2,365 |
Lancashire | 2,885 |
Leicestershire | 1,110 |
Lincolnshire | 354 |
London | 6,993 |
Middlesex | 1,975 |
Northumberland | 189 |
Norfolk | 173 |
Northamptonshire | 1,287 |
Nottinghamshire | 952 |
Oxfordshire | 319 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 118 |
Shropshire | 88 |
Suffolk | 190 |
Somerset | 1,060 |
Surrey | 2,784 |
Sussex | 2,628 |
Staffordshire | 1,567 |
Warwickshire | 1,988 |
Westmorland | 34 |
Wiltshire | 397 |
Worcestershire | 1,190 |
Yorkshire | 1,861 |
Anglesey | 5 |
Brecknockshire | 21 |
Cardiganshire | 2 |
Carnarvonshire | 11 |
Carmarthenshire | 25 |
Denbighshire | 30 |
Flintshire | 28 |
Glamorgan | 748 |
Merionethshire | 5 |
Montgomeryshire | 5 |
Monmouthshire | 541 |
Pembrokeshire | 47 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 4,499 |
Farm Labourer | 449 |
General Labourer | 358 |
Private Means | 349 |
General Servant (domestic) | 315 |
Labourer | 251 |
None | 229 |
Farmer | 216 |
Dressmaker | 197 |
Domestic Servant | 187 |
Laundress | 179 |
Clerk | 167 |
Carpenter | 163 |
House Painter | 150 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 146 |
Scholar | 137 |
Shop Assistant | 133 |
At Home | 126 |
Bricklayer | 125 |
Dress Maker | 121 |
General Servant Domestic | 118 |
Housemaid (domestic) | 112 |
Cook (domestic) | 109 |
At School | 105 |
House Keeper | 103 |
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 |