Knox Family History
Knox Name Meaning
Scottish, northern English, and northern Irish: from a genitive
or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘round-topped hill’, hence
a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a
habitational name from one of the places in Scotland and northern
England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in
particular one in Renfrewshire.The surname is also borne
by eastern Ashkenazic Jews as an Americanized form of one or more
like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Knox
Name Distribution of Knox Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Knox families
 299 - 595  100 - 298 |
 1 - 99  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Knox families
|
391 - 779 131 - 390 |
1 - 130 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Knox census records
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Knox Family Origin
Knox Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Knox Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Knox Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Knox census records
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Military Service by Knox
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