Kazan Surname
Approximately 25,684 people bear this surname
Kazan Surname Definition:
(from an ancestor's occupation) A form of the Hebrew word hazan, “cantor.”
Kazan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 16,691 | 1:4,662 | 669 |
| Lebanon | 2,403 | 1:2,346 | 441 |
| Russia | 2,044 | 1:70,510 | 9,094 |
| Japan | 856 | 1:149,351 | 7,636 |
| United States | 790 | 1:458,809 | 39,173 |
| Jordan | 469 | 1:18,854 | 2,862 |
| Ukraine | 333 | 1:136,705 | 19,241 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Canada | 119 | 1:309,627 | 28,530 |
| Afghanistan | 114 | 1:282,045 | 4,567 |
| Poland | 102 | 1:372,635 | 40,973 |
| Australia | 101 | 1:267,284 | 24,253 |
| Germany | 98 | 1:821,484 | 59,964 |
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Serbia | 57 | 1:125,350 | 9,305 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Israel | 54 | 1:158,475 | 16,422 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 |
| Sweden | 36 | 1:273,521 | 18,976 |
| Syria | 29 | 1:665,552 | 5,809 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Kazán (42), Kazań (26), Kazàn (2) & Kažan (1) are calculated separately.
Kazan (778) may also be a first name.
Kazan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from an ancestor's occupation) A form of the Hebrew word hazan, “cantor.”
Kazan Demographics
Average Male Kazan Height
176.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kazan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kazan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kazan (Arabic: قازآن, Georgian: კაზან, Marathi: कजान, Russian: Казань) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kazán, Kazań, Kazàn or Kažan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kazan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,227th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 283,739 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Kazan live; 69 percent live in West Asia and 55 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 294,181st most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 778 people.
Kazan is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 16,691 people, or 1 in 4,662. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent live, Ankara Province, where 6 percent live and Izmir Province, where 5 percent live. Beside Turkey this surname exists in 80 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 9 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.
Kazan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kazan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kazan last name expanded 26,333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kazan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kazan surname is primarily Muslim (79%) in Russia, Greek Orthodox (52%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kazan surname are 0.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.05% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kazan earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 21.52% more than the national average, earning $52,436 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.53% more than the national average, earning $59,882 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kazan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kazan in the Georgian language | ||
| კაზან | kazan | - |
| Kazan in the Marathi language | ||
| कजान | kajana | - |
| Kazan in the Russian language | ||
| Казань | kazan | - |
| Kazan in the Arabic language | ||
| قازآن | qazan | - |
| قازان | qazan | - |
| كازان | kazan | - |
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Footnotes
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