Knotts Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Dorset 2
Durham 11
Gloucestershire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Lincolnshire 5
London 5
Middlesex 3
Oxfordshire 3
Sussex 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
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Knotts Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Knotts family

Profession Census Frequency
Carpenter 2
Labourer 2
Nurse 1
Collier 1
File Forger 1
Male Servant 1
Tailor 1
Messenger 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Knotts

Name Census Frequency
Mary Knotts 59
John Knotts 52
Elizabeth Knotts 41
Thomas Knotts 39
Jane Knotts 29
George Knotts 25
Sarah Knotts 25
Joseph Knotts 22
Margaret Knotts 22
William Knotts 21
Robert Knotts 20
Isaac Knotts 18
Henry Knotts 16
Ann Knotts 14
Edward Knotts 14
James Knotts 13
Annie Knotts 12
Walter Knotts 10
Ethel Knotts 9
Charles Knotts 8
Florence Knotts 8
Daniel Knotts 7
Emma Knotts 7
Esther Knotts 7
Hannah Knotts 7

Knotts Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Knotts 100% 703
2 Notts 83% 530

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