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Kan

in Massachusetts

There are 90 people with the last name "Kan" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Kan 7,623
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  1. is 7,619th most common Ivers
  2. is 7,620th most common Ivey
  3. is 7,621st most common Jane
  4. is 7,622nd most common Jang
  5. is 7,623rd most common Kan
  6. is 7,624th most common Kee
  7. is 7,625th most common Krantz
  8. is 7,626th most common Leitch
  9. is 7,627th most common Lyne

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kim, Kam, Ken, Kin, Kun, Kon, Kem, Kum, Kom, Kym

Most Common First Names for Kan

Michael, Tamar, Wai, Anita, Betty, Cheuk, Fiona, Laurel, Siu

Meaning & History

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Kan

Chinese 简: spelling variant of Jian.

Chinese 阚: from the name of a place called Kan which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 BC) in the state of Lu, in present-day Shandong province. Some residents adopted the place name as their surname.

Chinese 甘: variant of Gan 1.

Czech (Káň): from kanit meaning ‘to slobber or slaver’ and by extension ‘to gossip’, hence a nickname for a gossip.

Czech: nickname from káně ‘buzzard’.

German: derivative of the personal name Konrad.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): one of the many forms of Cohen.

Dutch: from Middle Dutch kan(ne), can(ne) ‘tankard’, ‘flagon’, ‘pitcher’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such vessels: a potter or a pewterer.

Reduced form of Dutch van de Kan: habitational name for someone from De Kan in Veurne or a place called Kanne.

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