The knack Surname
knack Name Meaning and History
- variant of Knaack.
- nickname for a crude person or someone with a thick neck, from Bavarian genack ‘neck’.
- shortened form of Knacker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 14 - Messages: 50
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Daniel Knack of East Syracuse NY |
 monee101
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| Preston, Ontario KNACK |
RLong4766
| 5 |
| Frederick Otto Knack, Born 1844, Germany, Death 1912, Minnesota |
Teba181
| 2 |
| Russell Walter Knack |
bamayer
| 0 |
| August J. Knack | Rick Wever | 21 |
| searching for decendants of John Henry Knack |
RobinLong27
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| Looking for Margaret Marie Knack | Paul J. Carrillo (Gurekovich/Knack) | 0 |
| Knack's of Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI |
MicheleBender32
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| wischnowski |
franrascona59
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| Diane Knack Hayes |
punkypoe
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