Kaganovich Surname

319,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Kaganovich Surname Definition:

(Russian) The son of the rabbi or priest.

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Kaganovich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel4821:17,7542,645
Russia3001:480,41044,701
United States2831:1,280,77490,005
Belarus681:139,72119,665
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
France11:66,422,722504,397
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Kaganovich Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Russian) The son of the rabbi or priest.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Kahana (Aramaic: כהנא) is an Aramaic Jewish surname which means 'priest'. It is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew surname, Cohen.

- noam

Kaganovich Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaganovich Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kaganovich (Russian: Каганович) is found most in Israel. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kaganovich.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaganovich? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kaganovich is the 319,816th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 46 percent of Kaganovich reside; 41 percent reside in West Asia and 41 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Israel, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 17,754. In Israel it is most frequent in: Northern District, where 31 percent live, Southern District, where 22 percent live and Haifa District, where 15 percent live. Not including Israel this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 24 percent live.

Kaganovich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (78%) in Russia and Christian (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kaganovich last name are 26.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 79.31% registered with the party.

Kaganovich earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.04% less than the national average, earning $41,838 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kaganovich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaganovich in the Russian language
Кагановичkaganovic-

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