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Kan

in the US

There are 2,195 people with the last name "Kan" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Kan 11,317
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  1. is 11,313th most common Goodfellow
  2. is 11,314th most common Huffaker
  3. is 11,315th most common Millington
  4. is 11,316th most common Hempel
  5. is 11,317th most common Kan
  6. is 11,318th most common Penna
  7. is 11,319th most common Cullison
  8. is 11,320th most common Ensign
  9. is 11,321st most common Gafford

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kan

Michael, David, Robert, Chi, Siu, Chung, George, Kwok, Man

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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