Knieža

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Plg. Knieias (žr.). Galbūt tarmybė iš Kneža (žr.)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country

Knieža is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 2.1M(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

5 people

Record sources
5 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: reference-verified

1 in 2.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
recorded in Lithuanian

Plg. Knieias (žr.). Galbūt tarmybė iš Kneža (žr.)

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Knieža counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Knieža is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia51 in 2.1M5—3
SK Slovakia———Knieža5

5 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Knieža is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United Kingdom, United States

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Knieza

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Knieža is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Lithuanian, Plg. Kniežas (žr.). Galbūt tarmybė iš Knėža (žr.).

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Slovak, prince

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence

(measured from records)

3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Knieža
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—5#116,117

Reference works 2

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Knieža mean?
Recorded meaning: Plg. Knieias (žr.). Galbūt tarmybė iš Kneža (žr.)
In which country does Knieža have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 5 people named Knieža, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Knieža most common?
Knieža is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.1 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Knieža?
In Czechia, the national register counted 5 people named Knieža, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Knieža”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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