Cognomen Knecht (Knecht 
, Kenek 
, Кнехт 
) , worldwide, is a common family name. The family name Knecht is habitual in Western Europe, particularly Switzerland, where it is quite a common surname, Liechtenstein, and Germany, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and Switzerland. Very seldom, Knecht is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Knecht | Switzerland, France, Indonesia, United States, Germany |
| Kenek | Turkey, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, United States |
| Кнехт | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| クネヒト | Japan |
Kneg, Knegsel, Kneht, Landsknecht, Lansquenet, and Кнэхт
| adrian knecht (1566-1627), CH (b. 1566) |
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| johann jakob knecht DE (b. 1676) |
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justin heinrich knecht German composer, organist and music theorist, DE (b. 1752) |
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| franz ignaz knecht (b. 1713) |
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| johann anton knecht DE (b. 1741) |
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| edouard knecht French lithographer and printer (1789-1870), FR (b. 1789) |
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justus knecht German priest, DE (b. 1839) |
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| peter knecht German businessman and arms dealer, DE (b. 1798) |
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joseph knecht conductor of the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra from 1908 to 1925, US (b. 1864) |
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| frédéric emile knecht FR (b. 1808) |
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maximilian knecht (1874-1954), CH (b. 1874) |
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| daniel heinrich knecht German politician (1828-1913) (b. 1828) |
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| jakob knecht CH (b. 1824) |
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| adolf knecht (b. 1846) |
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hans knecht Swiss racing cyclist (1913-1986), CH (b. 1913) |
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