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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, German, and Dutch : variant spelling of Knopp.
  • Polish : occupational name for a weaver, Polish knap (see Knapik).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name from Yiddish knop ‘button’ (see Knopf).

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