Knuth History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Knuth Ranking

In the United States, the name Knuth is the 9,546^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

John Knuth, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1827 2
Christian Friedrich Knuth, aged 33, who arrived in America in 1839 2
Gottfried Knuth, who arrived in America in 1839 2
Johann Knuth, who landed in America in 1839 2
Evers Knuth, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2
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Shay Knuth (b. 1945), American model
Katherine "Kate" Knuth (b. 1981), American politician, Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2007-)
Donald Ervin Knuth (b. 1938), American computer scientist and Professor Emeritus of the Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University
Shane Andrew Knuth (b. 1966), Australian politician, Member of the Queensland Parliament for Dalrymple Charters Towers (2004-2009)
Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth (1874-1957), German taxonomist, botanist and pteridologist
Paul Erich Otto Wilhelm Knuth (1854-1900), German botanist and pollination ecologist
Count Eigil Knuth (1903-1996), Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer
Jeffrey Allan "Jeff" Knuth (b. 1962), Australian politician, former member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation representing the seat of Burdekin
Frederik Marcus Knuth (1904-1970), Danish taxonomist, known for the collection and classification of cactuses

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)