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Kan

in Oregon

There are 24 people with the last name "Kan" in Oregon.

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Kan 15,378
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  1. is 15,374th most common Jubitz
  2. is 15,375th most common Junkin
  3. is 15,376th most common Jurgenson
  4. is 15,377th most common Kaelin
  5. is 15,378th most common Kan
  6. is 15,379th most common Kappler
  7. is 15,380th most common Kaseweter
  8. is 15,381st most common Kateley
  9. is 15,382nd most common Kearsley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kan

Jim, Ling, Sandy, Wendy, Arnold, Asaf, Canadace, Chung, Crysral, Darin

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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