Kness

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kness, a Germanized form of a Slavic surname.

Proper noun

Kness (plural Knesses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kness is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Kness is most common among White (94.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kness”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323.