McKnight
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): MacKnight
Etymology[edit]
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.
Proper noun[edit]
McKnight (countable and uncountable, plural McKnights)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McKnight is the 1023rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34055 individuals. McKnight is most common among White (59.44%) and Black/African American (35.04%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McKnight”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 557.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in the United States