Knorr

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)

1. 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 7665^th 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.