Last name Knapen (Knapen 
) , in the entire world, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name Knapen is characteristic of Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname, Netherlands, and Poland, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Western Europe, particularly Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Very seldom, Knapen is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Knapen | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, France |
| jean-françois knapen FR (b. 1660) |
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| anne-barbe knapen FR (b. 1690) |
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| andré-françois knapen (b. 1728) |
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| achille maximin philogone knapen (b. 1759) |
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| marie-frédéric knapen BE (b. 1860) |
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| cesar knapen RO (b. 1879) |
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ben knapen Dutch politician and journalist, NL (b. 1951) |
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| frans van knapen Dutch physician, NL (b. 1948) |
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| pieter knapen Belgian journalist, BE (b. 1959) |
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| johan h. knapen astronomer (b. 1965) |
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| jill e p knapen researcher |
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| tomas knapen researcher |
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| manon knapen researcher |
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| stefan e knapen researcher |
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| jan knapen researcher |
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