Knop Family History
- Knop Name Meaning
- English, German, and Dutch: variant spelling of Knopp. Polish: occupational name for a weaver, Polish knap (see Knapik). Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from Yiddish knop ‘button’ (see Knopf).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 88,435 Historical Documents with Knop on Ancestry
- 45,090 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 10,521 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,971 Military Records
- 2,771 Immigration Records
- 27,082 Member Trees
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Number of Knop families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Knop census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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