Knoll Family History
Knoll Name Meaning
English and German: topographic name for someone living near a
hilltop or mountain peak, from Middle English knolle ‘hilltop’,
‘hillock’ (Old English cnoll), Middle High German knol
‘peak’. In some cases the English name is habitational, from one of
the many places named with this word, for example Knole in Kent or
Knowle in Dorset, West Midlands, etc.German and Jewish
(Ashkenazic): nickname for a peasant or a crude clumsy person, from
Middle High German knolle ‘lump’, ‘clod’, German Knolle.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Knoll
Name Distribution of Knoll Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Knoll families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Knoll Family Origin
Knoll Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Knoll Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Knoll
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