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Quoting my own message at the general message board at www.behindthename.com:

Knight is a British occupational surname meaning "mounted warrior." The surname could also originally have been a nickname for a worker in a knight's household.

There's also a possibility that your surname is Irish, as there also exists the McKnight surname. So, your surname could also be a variant of it. Since the "Mc" means "son of" and "Knight" means "brave", the McKnight surname means "son of the brave."

So, your surname is either British or Irish.

I hope that helps.

Regards,

Lucille