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Kan

in Nevada

There are 28 people with the last name "Kan" in Nevada.

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Ranking in Nevada

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Kan 7,843
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  1. is 7,839th most common Josephson
  2. is 7,840th most common Jun
  3. is 7,841st most common Just
  4. is 7,842nd most common Kaminsky
  5. is 7,843rd most common Kan
  6. is 7,844th most common Knepper
  7. is 7,845th most common Koh
  8. is 7,846th most common Kollar
  9. is 7,847th most common Koren

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kan

Jim, Michele, Wendy, Alex, Alice, Bill, Cheryl, Chet, Chi

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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