Is 'Knight' an unusual surname?

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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	30 May 2010 16:07
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Searching the Ancestry All England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 results for 'Knight' born before 1865, it comes up with zero. So nobody in 1916 over the age of 61 had the surname Knight? Unlikely isn't it?
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 4,268 Send Message	RutlandBelle	Report	30 May 2010 16:43
	I like a challenge! Name: Abel Knight Death Registration Month/Year: 1927 Age at death (estimated): 77 Registration district: Fylde Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8e Page: 817 est year of birth 1850
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	30 May 2010 17:00
	How many would you like? KNIGHT 63,378 England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 You have to search for the record yourself - looking at each one to find out the age at death, and therefore, the year of birth