How common is the last name Knox?

43,026 people in the United States have the last name Knox, about 1 in 6,947. It ranks #782 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KNOX

#782

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,026
About
1 in 6,947
This common or more
36.9%
Who bears it

Of the 43,026 people with the last name Knox, 61.3% reported their origin as White, 29.9% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Knox

#780 Kerr · 43,118#781 Zheng · 43,117#783 Duarte · 42,935#784 Odonnell · 42,865

Also a first name

As a first name, Knox ranks #2,112 of 53,615, with 12,713 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 1,931 births. See Knox as a first name

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