Knigge
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Knigge is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Any guideline on good etiquette, not necessarily written.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- SESweden
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Any guideline on good etiquette, not necessarily written.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Knigge is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
variant of Knick.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Adolph Freiherr Kniggeb. 1752DEGerman writer and leading Illuminati member (1752–1796)
- Cornelis Kniggeb. 1854NLDutch politician
- Wilhelm Kniggeb. 1863DEGerman politician and officer (1863-1932)
- Wilhelm Kniggeb. 1906DEGerman politician (1906-1995)
- Ursula Kniggeb. 1930DEGerman art historian and archaeologist (1930-2010)
- Arnold Kniggeb. 1948DEGerman jurist
- Moritz Kniggeb. 1968DEGerman business consultant
- Max Kniggeb. 1984NLDutch composer
- Jobst Kniggeb. 2000DEGerman screenwriter
- Thomas KniggeDEresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 850 | #29,580 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 841 | #28,380 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 815 | #27,771 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 357 | #5,670 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 135 | #4,035 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 60 | #23,302 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 38 | #22,915 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 14 | #32,893 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 12 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 6 | #93,457 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #267,977 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Knigge mean, and where does it come from?
- Any guideline on good etiquette, not necessarily written. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Knigge have the most bearers?
- Knigge is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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, “Knigge”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.