Knittel Family History
Knittel Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a dialect variant of
Knüttel ‘club’, ‘cudgel’, hence a metonymic occupational
name for a maker of these or possibly a nickname for a crude, loutish
individual.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Knittel
Name Distribution of Knittel Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Knittel families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Knittel families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Knittel Family Origin
Knittel Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Knittel
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Knittel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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