Kardos Surname
Approximately 13,878 people bear this surname
Kardos Surname User-submission:
Kard means 'sword' in Hungarian; Kardos is someone who has or wields a sword.
Kardos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 9,312 | 1:1,054 | 111 |
| United States | 1,927 | 1:188,095 | 18,675 |
| Romania | 964 | 1:20,828 | 2,674 |
| India | 528 | 1:1,452,775 | 55,209 |
| Canada | 166 | 1:221,961 | 21,363 |
| Slovakia | 146 | 1:36,551 | 6,716 |
| Germany | 112 | 1:718,799 | 54,527 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Austria | 78 | 1:109,172 | 15,555 |
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Israel | 61 | 1:140,289 | 14,966 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Czechia | 51 | 1:208,499 | 29,840 |
| Sweden | 50 | 1:196,935 | 13,646 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 1:310,959 | 16,987 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Kardoš (1,376), Kardoş (41) & Kardoś (1) are calculated separately.
Kardos (52) may also be a first name.
Kardos Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kard means 'sword' in Hungarian; Kardos is someone who has or wields a sword.
- anonymous submissionKardos Demographics
Average Male Kardos Height
175.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kardos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kardos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kardos (Arabic: كاردوس, Marathi: कारडोस, Russian: Кардос) has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may occur as: Kardoš, Kardoş or Kardoś. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kardos? popularity and diffusion
Kardos is the 37,937th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 525,115 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Kardos are found; 76 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 52 people.
This last name is most widely held in Hungary, where it is held by 9,312 people, or 1 in 1,054. In Hungary Kardos is primarily found in: Budapest, where 19 percent are found, Pest County, where 9 percent are found and Csongrád County, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary it occurs in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Romania, where 7 percent are found.
Kardos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kardos surname are 12.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kardos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 43.5% less than the national average, earning 195,543 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 157.88% more than the national average, earning R 612,816 per year; in United States they earn 5.24% more than the national average, earning $45,408 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.99% more than the national average, earning $58,621 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kardos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kardos in the Marathi language | ||
| कारडोस | karadosa | 49.6 |
| काड | kada | 44.33 |
| करडोस | karadosa | 2.11 |
| करदोस | karadosa | 1.58 |
| कारदोस | karadosa | 0.53 |
| Kardos in the Russian language | ||
| Кардос | kardos | - |
| Kardos in the Arabic language | ||
| كاردوس | kardws | - |
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Footnotes
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