Knorr
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See also: knorr
English
Etymology
From the Dutch and German surname, from the root of Middle Dutch and Middle Low German cnorre, knorre (“protruberance, knot”). See gnarled.
Proper noun
Knorr (plural Knorrs)
- A surname.
- 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, pages 40–41:
- […] K-N-O-R-R, a very strange name indeed, […]
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Knorr is the 7665th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4333 individuals. Knorr is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knorr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.