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Knop is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

• The name is a Low German nickname for a small, plump guy
• a nickname for a button or knob artist ( Knöpfler )
• As a name of origin from Knoop near Kiel and Knopp in Rhineland-Palatinate .

First documentary mention: Joh. Knop = Joh. Nodus, 1368 in Hamburg.

distribution

The surname Knop is mostly common in Low German areas and is one of the most common names in Germany with around 6580 namesake .

variants

• Knauf , approx. 4700 name bearers with a focus on North Rhine-Westphalia
• Knauff , about 970 namesake, with a focus on the Schwalm-Eder district
• Knoop , about 4600 namesake with a focus on the district of Celle
• Knopf , around 6,000 namesake, with a focus on Baden-Württemberg

with strong genitive as patronymic form (derived from)

• Knopp , about 6050 namesake in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia
• Knops , about 1200 namesake with a focus on Aachen and the Lower Rhine
• Knoops , about 80 namesake in the Main-Spessart district
• Knopps , as an extremely rare variant

as diminutive forms

• Knöpfel , about 680 namesake in Hesse
• Knöpfle , about 1700 namesake in Upper German areas
• Knöpfli , extremely rare
• Knob , about 40 namesake in Rhineland-Palatinate (Hunsrück)

Name bearer

• Adolph Knop (1828–1893), German geologist and mineralogist
• August Knop (1903–1994), German politician (NSDAP)
• Beatrice Knop (* 1972), German ballet dancer
• Carsten Knop (* 1969), German journalist and author
• Daniel Knop (* 1957), German journalist
• Friedrich Knop (* 1958), German mathematician and university professor
• Ingmar Knop (*  1975 ), former Nazi lawyer and politician (DVU)
• Jan Knop (* 1972), Czech jazz musician (as Najponk )
• Jens Knop (* 1952), German soccer player
• Julia Knop (* 1977), German Catholic theologian and university teacher
• Karl Friedrich Knop , Mayor of the City of Oelde (2009–)
• Matze Knop (* 1974), German presenter, comedian and actor
• Patricia Louisianna Knop (1940-2019), American screenwriter
• Petr Knop (* 1994), Czech cross-country skier
• Stefan Knop (* 1971), German doctor and university professor
• Uwe Knop (* 1972), German nutritionist and journalist
• Walter Knop (1906–1991), German politician (NSDAP)
• Werner Knop (1911–1970), German-British journalist
• Wilhelm Knop (1817–1891), German agricultural chemist

See also

• Knob

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1. ^ Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. License issue. Gondrom, Bindlach 1992, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4 .