McKnight

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): MacKnight

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.

Proper noun

McKnight (countable and uncountable, plural McKnights)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McKnight is the 1023^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34055 individuals. McKnight is most common among White (59.44%) and Black/African American (35.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McKnight”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 557.