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

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Knocks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knocks family

Profession Census Frequency
Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Commercial Treveller 1
Book Binding 1
Letter Sorter G P O 1
Servant (domestic) 1
Cow Man On Farm 1
Porter G P O 1
Coal Miner Shifter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knocks

Name Census Frequency
William Knocks 10
Sarah Knocks 8
John Knocks 7
Frederick Knocks 6
Charles Knocks 5
James Knocks 5
Ann Knocks 4
Emily Knocks 4
Maria Knocks 4
Thomas Knocks 4
Alice Knocks 3
Elizabeth Knocks 3
Frank Knocks 3
Kate Knocks 3
Mary Knocks 3
Ada Knocks 2
Edith Knocks 2
Edward Knocks 2
Eliza Knocks 2
Ellen Knocks 2
Emma Knocks 2
Ephraim Knocks 2
George Knocks 2
Hannah Knocks 2
Harriet Knocks 2

Knocks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Knox 50% 15,502
2 Nocks 83% 316
3 Knocks 100% 120

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The surname Knocks is the 3rd most popular variant of Knox.

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