Kadi Surname
Approximately 97,965 people bear this surname
Kadi Surname User-submission:
This surname derives from the Arabic word Kadi, which means 'judge'. El or al translates to 'the'. So El Kadi means 'the judge'.
Kadi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 42,111 | 1:917 | 51 |
| Niger | 11,356 | 1:1,690 | 195 |
| Morocco | 6,952 | 1:4,959 | 575 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,571 | 1:6,750 | 938 |
| Ethiopia | 4,346 | 1:22,445 | 2,857 |
| Indonesia | 3,978 | 1:33,245 | 3,906 |
| India | 3,542 | 1:216,563 | 12,844 |
| DR Congo | 2,859 | 1:25,841 | 3,245 |
| Turkey | 2,375 | 1:32,767 | 3,513 |
| Chad | 2,118 | 1:6,417 | 936 |
| South Africa | 1,770 | 1:30,609 | 3,937 |
| Egypt | 1,556 | 1:59,085 | 5,599 |
| Nigeria | 1,086 | 1:163,115 | 10,201 |
| Congo | 837 | 1:5,961 | 927 |
| Kenya | 742 | 1:62,237 | 6,059 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Iran | 564 | 1:136,139 | 12,313 |
| France | 519 | 1:127,982 | 19,505 |
| Ivory Coast | 450 | 1:51,269 | 3,129 |
| United States | 440 | 1:823,770 | 63,181 |
| Iraq | 309 | 1:113,339 | 3,270 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Spain | 249 | 1:187,759 | 13,105 |
| Malaysia | 232 | 1:127,130 | 8,268 |
| Fiji | 220 | 1:4,065 | 748 |
| Benin | 218 | 1:47,411 | 6,011 |
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Germany | 188 | 1:428,221 | 38,630 |
| Philippines | 180 | 1:562,435 | 62,921 |
| Uganda | 180 | 1:216,885 | 16,934 |
| Cyprus | 174 | 1:5,085 | 605 |
| England | 170 | 1:327,753 | 24,219 |
| Belgium | 160 | 1:71,854 | 11,471 |
| Bulgaria | 136 | 1:51,315 | 3,500 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 123 | 1:66,290 | 8,647 |
| United Arab Emirates | 117 | 1:78,310 | 7,074 |
| Greece | 107 | 1:103,549 | 17,425 |
| Northern Cyprus | 104 | 1:3,067 | 460 |
| Botswana | 94 | 1:23,265 | 4,701 |
| Albania | 87 | 1:33,495 | 5,049 |
| Russia | 86 | 1:1,675,849 | 110,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 75 | 1:244,695 | 4,821 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Austria | 65 | 1:131,007 | 17,994 |
| Croatia | 52 | 1:81,319 | 13,910 |
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Syria | 38 | 1:507,922 | 5,264 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| China | 34 | 1:40,215,340 | 2,154 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Venezuela | 21 | 1:1,438,289 | 19,453 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Paraguay | 15 | 1:482,450 | 6,463 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Lesotho | 11 | 1:184,778 | 13,836 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kádi (252) are calculated separately.
Kadi (92,841) may also be a first name.
Kadi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the Arabic word Kadi, which means 'judge'. El or al translates to 'the'. So El Kadi means 'the judge'.
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Kadi Religious Adherence
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Kadi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kadi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kadi (Arabic: قدي, Bengali: কদি, Georgian: კადი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺩﻱ, Hindi: काडी, Marathi: कादी, Oriya: କଡି, Russian: Кади, Tibetan: ཀ་དི།) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Kádi. For other potential spellings of Kadi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kadi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,760th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,389 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kadi live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 50 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 10,902nd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 92,841 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 42,111 people, or 1 in 917. In Algeria Kadi is most prevalent in: Oran Province, where 26 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 13 percent are found and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 7 percent are found. Other than Algeria this surname occurs in 114 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 12 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.
Kadi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kadi has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kadi surname grew 44,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kadi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (78%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kadi surname are 2.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kadi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning 336,216 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 36.95% less than the national average, earning R 149,832 per year; in United States they earn 4.73% more than the national average, earning $45,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.62% less than the national average, earning $40,929 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kadi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kadi in the Georgian language | ||
| კადი | kadi | - |
| Kadi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་དི། | kadi | - |
| Kadi in the Marathi language | ||
| कादी | kadi | 66.41 |
| कडी | kadi | 23.8 |
| काडी | kadi | 5.95 |
| कदी | kadi | 2.3 |
| कंदी | kandi | 0.38 |
| केाडी | keadi | 0.38 |
| Kadi in the Hindi language | ||
| काडी | kadi | 65.88 |
| काड़ी | kari | 13.82 |
| कडी | kadi | 11.47 |
| कदी | kadi | 3.73 |
| कड़ी | kari | 2.01 |
| कादी | kadi | 1.76 |
| कादि | kadi | 0.83 |
| काडि | kadi | 0.1 |
| काडी़ | kadi | 0.1 |
| कदि | kadi | 0.1 |
| Kadi in the Oriya language | ||
| କଡି | kadi | 39.92 |
| କାଡି | kadi | 37.86 |
| କଦି | kadi | 8.64 |
| କାଦି | kadi | 7.41 |
| କଦୀ | kadi | 1.65 |
| କାଦୀ | kadi | 1.23 |
| କଡୀ | kadi | 1.23 |
| କଡ଼ି | kari | 0.82 |
| କାଡୀ | kadi | 0.41 |
| Kadi in the Bengali language | ||
| কদি | kadi | 33.33 |
| কড়ি | kari | 33.33 |
| কাদি | kadi | 33.33 |
| Kadi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺩﻱ | kady | 31.25 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻇﻲ | alqazy | 25 |
| ﺧﺪﻱ | khdy | 18.75 |
| ﻛﺪﻱ | kdy | 12.5 |
| ﻛﺎﺩ | kad | 6.25 |
| ﻗﺎﻇﻲ | qazy | 6.25 |
| Kadi in the Russian language | ||
| Кади | kadi | - |
| Kadi in the Arabic language | ||
| قدي | qdy | - |
| كيديه | kydyh | - |
| كديه | kdyh | - |
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