Knopp Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Bearers of the name Knopp share their surname's story with Knopf, its better-known spelling. Name scholars give the meaning as “Button, knob”. Before spelling was fixed, Knopf was also written Knopp. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

In the 2010 US Census, 4,103 Americans gave Knopp as their last name (rank 8,080). 140 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Knopp name at birth. Births ran at 10 in 1891–1900 and 12 in 1991–2000.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Knopp, so the heraldry linked to Knopf is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Knopp report, with a museum-style coat of arms.