英和和英

別の表記

• (surname): Knoles, Knollys, Noles

語源

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of 中期英語 knol (“hilltop, hillock”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /noʊlz/
• 韻: -əʊlz

固有名詞

Knowles (countable and uncountable, plural Knowleses)

1. (countable) A surname from Middle English.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States.
   2. A small town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in the town of Lomira, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knowles is the 1239 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 28460 individuals. Knowles is most common among White (81.01%) and Black/African American (13.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knowles”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.

アナグラム

• Wolkens