Kidan Surname
Approximately 31,525 people bear this surname
Kidan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 31,069 | 1:3,140 | 537 |
| Turkey | 97 | 1:802,283 | 39,237 |
| Yemen | 69 | 1:382,975 | 10,262 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Jordan | 15 | 1:589,496 | 13,598 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Palestine | 9 | 1:505,428 | 12,843 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kidan (8,240) may also be a first name.
Kidan Demographics
Kidan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kidan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kidan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kidan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺪﺍﻥ, Hindi: किदन, Marathi: िकदन, Oriya: କିଡନ, Russian: Кидан) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kidan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,579th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 231,167 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kidan live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 69,704th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 8,240 people.
The last name Kidan is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 31,069 people, or 1 in 3,140. Other than Ethiopia it is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 0 percent reside and Yemen, where 0 percent reside.
Kidan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kidan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kidan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Druze (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kidan surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Kidan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.34% less than the national average, earning $42,572 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kidan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kidan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺪﺍﻥ | kydan | - |
| Kidan in the Marathi language | ||
| िकदन | ikadana | - |
| Kidan in the Hindi language | ||
| किदन | kidana | 60 |
| कीदन | kidana | 40 |
| Kidan in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଡନ | kidana | 40 |
| କିଡାନ | kidana | 20 |
| କିଦନ | kidana | 20 |
| କିଦ | kida | 10 |
| କିଡ଼ନ | kirana | 10 |
| Kidan in the Russian language | ||
| Кидан | kidan | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kidan
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