Frequency: (322)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. North German form of Knoche.
2. German: possibly a habitational name from Knock near Emden.
3. English: topographic name for someone living by a hill, from Middle English knocke ‘hill’ (Old English cnoc).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
