Knee Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Dorset 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 42
Hampshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 1
London 17
Middlesex 1
Monmouthshire 4
Norfolk 2
Somerset 20
Surrey 2
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 5
Wiltshire 107
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 7
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0

Knee Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knee family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 15
Female Servant 10
Shoe Maker 7
Carpenter 6
Labourer 6
Independent 5
Tailor 4
Burler 4
Farmer 3
Male Servant 3
Woollen Weaver 3
Cloth Worker 2
Type Founder 2
Miller 2
Laundress 2
Weaver 2
Needle Woman 2
Gardener 1
Flax Spinner 1
Private Residing 1
Shoe Maker J 1
Tallow Chandler 1
Butcher 1
Green Grocer 1
Tailor Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knee

Name Census Frequency
William Knee 237
Mary Knee 209
Elizabeth Knee 152
John Knee 140
James Knee 133
George Knee 120
Sarah Knee 101
Thomas Knee 95
Henry Knee 90
Jane Knee 79
Charles Knee 70
Walter Knee 60
Ann Knee 57
Joseph Knee 56
Annie Knee 55
Alice Knee 53
Frederick Knee 52
Alfred Knee 47
Arthur Knee 47
Martha Knee 46
Edward Knee 45
Emily Knee 43
Albert Knee 41
Eliza Knee 39
Richard Knee 39

Knee Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Keen 50% 40,558
2 Keene 60% 11,160
3 Kane 50% 9,138
4 Kean 25% 7,669
5 Keane 40% 4,526
6 Knee 100% 3,480
7 Kain 25% 3,031
8 Ikin 0% 2,166
9 Kine 50% 827
10 Ekin 0% 751
11 Aiken 20% 702
12 Ken 50% 684
13 Akin 0% 617
14 Kaine 40% 403
15 Aikin 0% 384
16 Keena 40% 316
17 Eakin 0% 311
18 Kene 50% 202
19 Okane 40% 175
20 Keon 25% 165
21 Kein 25% 154
22 Kaen 50% 149
23 Kin 25% 140
24 Aken 25% 127
25 Oaken 20% 122
26 Kun 25% 108
27 Kune 50% 105

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The surname Knee is the 6th most popular variant of Keen.

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