Kind Surname
Approximately 13,153 people bear this surname
Kind Surname User-submission:
Kind is a German and Jewish/Yiddish surname, meaning 'child'; also a variation of Dutch/Flemish kint (with the same meaning).
Kind, as an English surname, means 'nice or beloved person', denoting someone who was kind.
Kind Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,535 | 1:14,545 | 1,895 |
| United States | 2,438 | 1:148,671 | 15,325 |
| England | 601 | 1:92,709 | 9,939 |
| Netherlands | 357 | 1:47,303 | 8,077 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Canada | 271 | 1:135,962 | 14,055 |
| Israel | 255 | 1:33,559 | 4,715 |
| Norway | 247 | 1:20,819 | 2,677 |
| Russia | 217 | 1:664,162 | 57,219 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Brazil | 200 | 1:1,070,372 | 37,537 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Romania | 184 | 1:109,119 | 12,269 |
| Sweden | 153 | 1:64,358 | 4,912 |
| India | 150 | 1:5,113,769 | 127,237 |
| Switzerland | 148 | 1:55,493 | 7,113 |
| Liechtenstein | 144 | 1:267 | 45 |
| France | 89 | 1:746,323 | 92,306 |
| Australia | 84 | 1:321,377 | 27,634 |
| Malta | 84 | 1:5,122 | 348 |
| Poland | 68 | 1:558,952 | 52,372 |
| Chile | 66 | 1:266,916 | 7,921 |
| Austria | 62 | 1:137,346 | 18,671 |
| Hungary | 60 | 1:163,605 | 14,496 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Belgium | 57 | 1:201,696 | 26,362 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Micronesia | 32 | 1:3,320 | 514 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:114,612 | 8,773 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 340 | 1:71,692 | 7,971 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:112,030 | 4,740 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 298 | 1:168,519 | 15,231 |
Kind (3,300) may also be a first name.
Kind Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kind is a German and Jewish/Yiddish surname, meaning 'child'; also a variation of Dutch/Flemish kint (with the same meaning).
Kind, as an English surname, means 'nice or beloved person', denoting someone who was kind.
- deleted-173293In Yiddish this name means 'child'.
- yonikKind Demographics
Average Kind Salary in
United States
$44,516 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kind Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kind Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kind (Arabic: كيند, Hindi: किन्द, Russian: Кинд) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kind? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 39,914th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 554,060 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Kind live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kind is also the 124,534th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 3,300 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 5,535 people, or 1 in 14,545. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside, Saxony, where 12 percent reside and Thuringia, where 11 percent reside. Other than Germany Kind is found in 112 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Kind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kind has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 818 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 193 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 260 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kind Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kind surname is chiefly Anglican (75%) in Ireland and Orthodox (57%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kind surname are 9.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.21% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kind earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.46% less than the national average, earning 344,504 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.18% more than the national average, earning R 440,052 per year; in United States they earn 3.17% more than the national average, earning $44,516 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.36% less than the national average, earning $46,522 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindt | 89 | 6,655 | / |
| Kindh | 89 | 86 | / |
| Kuind | 89 | 18 | / |
| Kindå | 89 | 5 | / |
| Kinnd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kiond | 89 | 1 | / |
| Knd | 86 | 42 | / |
| Kindts | 80 | 170 | / |
| Kindås | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kindtt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kind's | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kindth | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kiendt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kint | 75 | 2,489 | / |
| Kend | 75 | 970 | / |
| Känd | 75 | 145 | / |
| Kõnd | 75 | 65 | / |
| Cind | 75 | 24 | / |
| Kynd | 75 | 19 | / |
| Khnd | 75 | 15 | / |
| Kinč | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kndd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kknd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Knnd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kcnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kndz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Knds | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cknd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kindová | 73 | 31 | / |
| Kindova | 73 | 20 | / |
| Kindowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kyndt | 67 | 618 | / |
| Kendt | 67 | 298 | / |
| Chind | 67 | 224 | / |
| Kinte | 67 | 121 | / |
| Quind | 67 | 45 | / |
| Cindh | 67 | 38 | / |
| Kinth | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kynds | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kingy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Koend | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kient | 67 | 6 | / |
| Keend | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kennd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuint | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kincz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kaend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kendd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hkndt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kündt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kintų | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kintt | 67 | 0 | / |
Kind Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kind in the Hindi language | ||
| किन्द | kinda | 75 |
| कीन्द | kinda | 25 |
| Kind in the Russian language | ||
| Кинд | kind | - |
| Kind in the Arabic language | ||
| كيند | kynd | - |
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