Knight (surname)
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Meaning | "knight"/"serving lad" |
Region of origin | Anglo-Saxon |
Knight is an English surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 57.4% of all known bearers of the surname Knight were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,083), 20.2% of England (1:909), 7.6% of Australia (1:1,031), 4.2% of Canada (1:2,931), 1.9% of South Africa (1:9,263), 1.4% of Jamaica (1:663) and 1.1% of New Zealand (1:1,362).
In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:909) in the following unitary authority districts:
- 1. West Sussex (1:458)
- 2. Rutland (1:463)
- 3. East Sussex (1:469)
- 4. Isle of Wight (1:480)
- 5. Hampshire (1:496)
- 6. Worcestershire (1:508)
- 7. Somerset (1:535)
- 8. Gloucestershire (1:536)
- 9. Northamptonshire (1:557)
- 10. Surrey (1:586)
- 11. Kent (1:597)
- 12. Cornwall (1:607)
- 13. Essex (1:627)
- 14. Devon (1:649)
- 15. Dorset (1:670)
- 16. Warwickshire (1:692)
- 17. Berkshire (1:694)
- 18. Leicestershire (1:736)
- 19. Oxfordshire (1:758)
- 20. Wiltshire (1:773)
- 21. Bristol (1:786)
- 22. Hertfordshire (1:833)
- 23. Staffordshire (1:844)
- 24. Herefordshire (1:844)
- 25. Nottinghamshire (1:846)
- 26. Bedfordshire (1:863)
In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:2,083) in the following states:[1]
- 1. Mississippi (1:775)
- 2. Alabama (1:777)
- 3. South Carolina (1:909)
- 4. Maine (1:1,189)
- 5. Tennessee (1:1,235)
- 6. West Virginia (1:1,247)
- 7. Georgia (1:1,253)
- 8. Oklahoma (1:1,309)
- 9. North Carolina (1:1,424)
- 10. Arkansas (1:1,457)
- 11. Kentucky (1:1,466)
- 12. Virginia (1:1,497)
- 13. Utah (1:1,510)
- 14. Louisiana (1:1,561)
- 15. Maryland (1:1,603)
- 16. Nevada (1:1,637)
- 17. Indiana (1:1,826)
- 18. Florida (1:1,861)
- 19. Idaho (1:1,888)
- 20. Vermont (1:2,022)
- 21. Oregon (1:2,050)
- 22. New Hampshire (1:2,083)
People
A
- Alan Knight (footballer), former English footballer
- Alan Knight (historian), historian of Latin America
- Albert Knight (cricketer), English professional cricketer
- Albion Knight, Jr., American politician and Anglican bishop
- Amanda Knight, makeup artist
- Andrew Knight (journalist) (born 1939), English journalist, editor, and director of News Corporation
- Andrew Knight (writer) (born 1953), Australian TV writer and producer
- Andrew Knight (politician) (1813–1904), politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
- Anne Knight (1786–1862), British-born author, social reformer and pioneer of feminism
- Anne Knight (children's writer) (1792–1860)
- Anne Knight, pseudonym of the author Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz
- Ava Knight
B
- Barry Knight (cricketer), former English cricketer
- Beverley Knight, English R&B artist
- Billy Knight (born 1952), American basketball player and executive
- Billy Knight (basketball, born 1979) (1979–2018), American basketball player
- Billy Knight (tennis) (born 1935), British tennis player
- Bob Knight (born 1940), American NCAA basketball coach
- Brevin Knight, American NBA basketball player
- Brandon Knight (disambiguation), multiple people
C
- Charles F. Knight, American chairman of Emerson Electric
- Charles Knight (engraver), English engraver
- Charles Knight (publisher), (1791–1873) English publisher and author
- Charles Landon Knight (1867–1933), American lawyer and newspaper publisher
- Charles Parsons Knight (1829–1897), English painter
- Charles R. Knight, American dinosaur artist
- Charles Yale Knight, American engineer and inventor of the Knight engine
- Christopher Knight (disambiguation)
- Curtis Knight, British musical artist and band leader
D
- David Knight (English footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
- Dennis Knight (born 1968), American professional wrestler best known as Mideon
- Dick Knight (businessman), British advertising executive
- Don Knight (politician), former Canadian politician
- Donald Knight (cricketer), English cricketer
- Douglas Knight (1921–2005), American businessman, educator and author
E
- Cornelia Knight (1757–1837), English author
- Edward Austen Knight (1768–1852), elder brother of Jane Austen
- Edward Henry Knight (1824–1883), Anglo-American mechanical expert
- Elise Kellond-Knight (born 1990), Australian association football player
- Eric Knight (1897–1943), English author and the creator of the fictional collie Lassie
- Esmond Knight (1906–1987), British character actor
- Etheridge Knight (1931–1991), African-American poet
F
- Florence Knight, British chef and columnist
- Frank Knight (artist) (born 1941), Australian wildlife artist
- Frank Knight (economist) (1885–1972), American economist
G
- G. Wilson Knight (1897–1985), English literary critic and academic
- Gareth Knight (born 1930), British esotericist and author
- Gary Knight (rugby player) (born 1951), New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler
- George R. Knight (born 1941), Seventh-day Adventist historian
- Gillian Knight, English opera singer
- Gladys Knight, American R&B/soul singer and actress
- Goodwin Knight, US politician and 31st California governor
- Greg Knight, British politician and MP
H
- Hilary Knight (disambiguation)
- Holly Knight, American songwriter, vocalist and musician
J
- Jabez C. Knight (1815–1900), 8th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Jack Knight (disambiguation)
- James Knight (disambiguation)
- Jason Knight, American professional wrestler and manager
- Jean Knight, African-American soul/R&B/funk singer
- Jerry Knight, American R&B musician
- Jill Knight, British MP
- Jim Knight, British politician
- Joe Knight (baseball), Canadian baseball player
- John Knight (disambiguation), multiple people
- John George Knight, Australian architect and Administrator of the Northern Territory
- John Prescott Knight (1803–1881), English portrait painter
- John S. Knight (1894–1981), American editor and newspaper publisher
- Jonathan Knight, American pop singer
- Jordan Knight, American pop singer
- Joseph Knight (gardener), English gardener who published a book that started the most enduring controversy in 19th century botany
- Joseph Knight (slave), Jamaican slave who was the defendant in a historic Scottish civil rights trial
- Jules Knight, English actor and singer
- Julian Knight (born 1968), Australian army cadet and serial killer
- Julian Knight (politician), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Solihull since 2015
K
- Katherine Knight, Australian murderer who skinned her partner and cooked his body parts.
- Keith Knight (footballer), English footballer
- Keith Knight (cartoonist), American cartoonist and musician
- Knight Library, main library of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon
L
- Laura Knight, British artist
- Leon Knight, English professional Football player
- Leonard Knight (1931–2014), American builder and architect, creator of Salvation Mountain
- Les U. Knight, founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
M
- Madge Knight, English artist
- Marcus Knight, American NFL football player
- Margaret E. Knight, American inventor of the paper-bag-making machine
- Margaret Knight (psychologist), humanist broadcaster and university lecturer
- Marguerite Knight, female Special Operations Executive spy during World War II
- Mark Knight, Australian cartoonist
- Matthew Knight, Canadian actor
- Merald "Bubba" Knight, American R&B/soul singer
N
- Newton Knight, pro-Union rebel against the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War
- Nick Knight (disambiguation)
- Nick Knight (photographer), British photographer
- Nick Knight, English cricketer
O
- Ora Willis Knight (1874–1913), American chemist and naturalist
P
- Pedro Knight, Cuban musician and the husband of Celia Cruz
- Peter Knight (composer), British composer and arranger
- Peter Knight (scientist), British physicist
- Peter Knight (folk musician), British folk musician
- Phil Knight (musician), New Zealand musician
- Phil Knight (born 1938), American businessman, co-founder and ex-CEO of Nike
Q
- Quinton Knight, American football player
R
- R. J. B. Knight, British naval historian
- Ray Knight, former American major league baseball player
- Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824), English archæologist and philologist
- Robert Knight (disambiguation)
- Roger Knight, English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster
- Rosalind Knight, British actress
S
- Sammy Knight, American NFL football player
- Samuel Knight (disambiguation)
- Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727), preacher and traveler
- Sharon Knight, American Celtic/Rock singer and front person of Pagan rock band Pandemonaeon
- Shirley Knight (1936–2020), American actress
- Stephen Knight (1951–1985), British author
- Stephen Thomas Knight, British academic
- Sterling Knight, American actor and singer
- Steve Knight (musician) (born 1935), American jazz/rock keyboardist
- Steve Knight (politician) (born 1966), U.S. Representative from California
- Suge Knight, US hip hop music industry entrepreneur
T
- T. R. Knight, American actor
- Ted Knight, American actor
- Terry Knight, American rock music producer, promoter, singer, songwriter and radio personality
- Thomas Knight (disambiguation)
- Tonya Knight, US professional female body builder
- Travis Knight, American NBA basketball player
- Trevor Knight (born 1993), American football player
- Tuesday Knight, American actress
V
- Valentine Knight, British Army Captain and proponent of a grid based street layout for fire ravaged London
- Vivien Knight (1953–2009), British art historian and gallerist
- Vicky Knight, English film actress
W
- Wayne Knight, American actor
- William Angus Knight (1836–1916) British writer
- William Henry Knight (1823–1863) English portrait and genre painter
- William J. Knight, X-15 pilot and United States politician
- William Knight (martyr) (1572–1596), Catholic martyr
- William Knight (royal servant), member of the court of Henry VIII
- Wyatt Knight, American actor
Z
- Zat Knight, English professional football player
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