Knoop
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from OE cnoppa / ME knop(p), knope 'small rounded protuberance, knob'; first attested Osgod Cnoppe 1066 (Essex)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Knoop is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- NLNetherlands
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
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)
from OE cnoppa / ME knop(p), knope 'small rounded protuberance, knob'; first attested Osgod Cnoppe 1066 (Essex).
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Knoop is read(measured from records)
Knoop is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English57%
from OE cnoppa / ME knop(p), knope 'small rounded protuberance, knob'; first attested Osgod Cnoppe 1066 (Essex).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- German25%
variant of Knopf
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Knoop 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 Dutch, button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdt, button
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ludwig Knoopb. 1821DEGerman-Russian entrepreneur and merchant (1821–1894)
- Louise Knoopb. 1844RUdaughter of Baron Johann Ludwig von Knoop
- Adolph Knoopb. 1855DEVenezuelan botanist (1850-1925)
- August Knoopb. 1856DEGerman painter, born 1856
- Gerhard Ouckamab. 1861DEnot in their usual nameGerman writer (1861–1913)
- Alice Knoopb. 1900DEGerman golfer
- Gerhard Knoopb. 1920NONorwegian actor and director (1920–2009)
- Hans Knoopb. 1943NLDutch journalist
- Volker Knoopb. 1963DEGerman biologist
- Savannah KnoopUSAmerican filmmaker
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 22 sources across 12 countries.
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 Knoop mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE cnoppa / ME knop(p), knope 'small rounded protuberance, knob'; first attested Osgod Cnoppe 1066 (Essex). Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- What are other forms of the name Knoop?
- In the etymology graph, Knopf and Knauf are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Knoop have the most bearers?
- Knoop is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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, “Knoop”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.