Knights Family History
Knights Name Meaning
English: from the genitive singular of Knight, hence a name
for a son or a retainer of a knight.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Knights Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Knights families
 32 - 62  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Knights families
|
473 - 944 158 - 472 |
1 - 157 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Knights families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Knights census records
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Knights Family Origin
Knights Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Knights
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Knights Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Knights census records
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Knights Civil War Service Records
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