Kedar Forename
4,788th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 218,468 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Kedar Forename Definition:
Ke'-dar, blackness, sorrow. The son of Ishmael. The father of an Arabian tribe. Gen. xxv. 13.
Read More About This ForenameKedar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 193,387 | 1:6,282 | 756 |
| Nepal | 97% | 21,566 | 1:1,321 | 237 |
| United States | 93% | 955 | 1:379,620 | 10,975 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 387 | 1:18,481 | 1,907 |
| Qatar | 100% | 322 | 1:7,359 | 1,190 |
| Oman | - | 211 | 1:19,472 | 1,699 |
| Australia | - | 202 | 1:67,612 | 2,878 |
| England | 99% | 130 | 1:427,715 | 9,628 |
| Canada | 100% | 94 | 1:352,483 | 10,565 |
| Iraq | 100% | 92 | 1:380,629 | 4,844 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 64 | 1:475,780 | 21,121 |
| Haiti | - | 55 | 1:195,036 | 8,766 |
| Thailand | 100% | 48 | 1:1,459,704 | 46,344 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 47 | 1:28,966 | 3,089 |
| Israel | 80% | 30 | 1:280,097 | 7,331 |
| Indonesia | - | 29 | 1:8,895,299 | 294,414 |
| Germany | 100% | 28 | 1:3,452,781 | 16,151 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 27 | 1:30,553 | 1,172 |
| Singapore | 100% | 22 | 1:285,775 | 9,352 |
| Guyana | 100% | 21 | 1:36,346 | 3,756 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| France | - | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9 | 1:6,059,183 | 119,004 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Congo | 100% | 8 | 1:626,151 | 12,913 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Philippines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,144,211 | 189,875 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6 | 1:20,690,738 | 47,722 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Brazil | - | 4 | 1:53,559,038 | 368,334 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Finland | 57% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Norway | 100% | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Saint Lucia | 50% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Czechia | 94% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
Kedar (41,274) may also be a surname.
Kedar Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ke'-dar, blackness, sorrow. The son of Ishmael. The father of an Arabian tribe. Gen. xxv. 13.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: darkness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Dark.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Kedar derived from the name of Hindu deity Shiva, mostly in Indian Subcontinent. Kedarnath is one of the 12 holy places of Shiva, which is situated at Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India.
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Kedar Demographics
Kedar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sample size: 3 (2014)
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Phonetically Similar Names
Kedar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kedar in the Russian language | ||
| Кедар | kedar | - |
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