Surname Knight (Knight 
, ナイト 
, نايت 
, and others...) , throughout the world, is a widespread cognomen. The surname Knight is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Barbados, where it is a common surname, British Virgin Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Very seldom, Knight is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Knight | Indonesia, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United States |
| ナイト | Japan |
| نايت | Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia |
| 奈特 | China |
| נייט | Israel |
| Найт | Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
| knight otte mattisonn, lord of kvåle, nesitt & manvik, castellan of bergenhus - Bef 1512 (b. 1430) |
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| william knight Secretary of State to Henry VIII of England, Bishop of Bath and Wells, GB (b. 1475) |
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| thomas knight Member of the Parliament of England for Shrewsbury (b. 1475) |
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ralph knight English soldier and politician (b. 1610) |
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| john knight English Member of Parliament (1563-1621) (b. 1563) |
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| william knight English layman, Roman Catholic martyr, GB (b. 1572) |
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| john knight British mariner, died 1606? (b. 1600) |
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| john knight English merchant and politician (1612–1683) (b. 1612) |
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| john knight English surgeon (b. 1622) |
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| ursula knight (1624-1698) (b. 1624) |
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| mary knight Knight, Mary (bap. 1631, d. in or after 1698), singer (b. 1631) |
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| robert knight (1632–1715) (b. 1632) |
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| richard knight English Member of Parliament (1639-1679) (b. 1639) |
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| james knight English explorer and HBC director, CA (b. 1640) |
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| nathan knight English Member of Parliament (1643-1694) (b. 1643) |
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