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Kan

in New Jersey

There are 77 people with the last name "Kan" in New Jersey.

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Kan 10,470
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  1. is 10,466th most common Isom
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  3. is 10,468th most common Jurkiewicz
  4. is 10,469th most common Kahl
  5. is 10,470th most common Kan
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  8. is 10,473rd most common Koc
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Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kan

David, Jayoung, Kathleen, Benjamin, Chen, Chi, Kevin, Lai, Lee, Phillip

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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