Knigh Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Knigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knigh family

Profession Census Frequency
At Home 2
Woollen Cloth Weaver 2
Dress Maker 1
Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Labourer Brick Layer 1
Dairy Maid 1
Groom 1
Mangler 1
Ribon Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knigh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Knigh 16
William Knigh 11
Elizabeth Knigh 10
Sarah Knigh 10
Thomas Knigh 10
Joseph Knigh 9
Henry Knigh 8
George Knigh 7
John Knigh 6
Frank Knigh 5
James Knigh 5
Jane Knigh 5
Ann Knigh 4
Annie Knigh 4
Edith Knigh 4
Florence Knigh 4
Alice Knigh 3
Caroline Knigh 3
Charles Knigh 3
Ellen Knigh 3
Samuel Knigh 3
Albert Knigh 2
Leah Knigh 2
Lucy Knigh 2
Maria Knigh 2

Knigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Knigh 100% 217
2 Kenagh 67% 170
3 Kingh 60% 102

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The surname Knigh is the most popular version of all its varients

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