Kind Surname

39,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,5351:14,5451,895
United States2,4381:148,67115,325
England6011:92,7099,939
Netherlands3571:47,3038,077
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Egypt3361:273,61818,414
Canada2711:135,96214,055
Israel2551:33,5594,715
Norway2471:20,8192,677
Russia2171:664,16257,219
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Brazil2001:1,070,37237,537
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Romania1841:109,11912,269
Sweden1531:64,3584,912
India1501:5,113,769127,237
Switzerland1481:55,4937,113
Liechtenstein1441:26745
France891:746,32392,306
Australia841:321,37727,634
Malta841:5,122348
Poland681:558,95252,372
Chile661:266,9167,921
Austria621:137,34618,671
Hungary601:163,60514,496
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Belgium571:201,69626,362
Nigeria511:3,473,387102,969
Zimbabwe481:321,63031,533
Micronesia321:3,320514
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Wales271:114,6128,773
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Kazakhstan141:1,263,03568,752
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Liberia121:367,37819,503
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
China71:195,331,65210,124
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3401:71,6927,971
Wales141:112,0304,740
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2981:168,51915,231

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-173293

In Yiddish this name means 'child'.

- yonik

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) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kind.

How Common Is The Last Name Kind? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 39,914th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 554,060 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Kind live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 124,534th most commonly held forename in the world It is held by 3,300 people.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 5,535 people, or 1 in 14,545. In Germany Kind is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found, Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Thuringia, where 11 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 112 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Kind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kind has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 818 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 193 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 260 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kind Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland and Orthodox (57%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Kind surname are 9.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.21% being registered to vote for 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kindt896,655/
Kindh8986/
Kuind8918/
Kindå895/
Kinnd891/
Kiond891/
Knd8642/
Kindts80170/
Kindås801/
Kindtt801/
Kind's801/
Kindth800/
Kiendt800/
Kint752,489/
Kend75970/
Känd75145/
Kõnd7565/
Cind7524/
Kynd7519/
Khnd7515/
Kinč753/
Kndd752/
Kknd752/
Knnd752/
Kcnd751/
Kndz751/
Knds751/
Cknd751/
Kindová7331/
Kindova7320/
Kindowa731/
Kyndt67618/
Kendt67298/
Chind67224/
Kinte67121/
Quind6745/
Cindh6738/
Kinth6723/
Kynds6719/
Kingy6716/
Koend677/
Kient676/
Keend676/
Kennd674/
Kuint673/
Kincz673/
Kaend672/
Kuend672/
Kendd671/
Hkndt671/
Kündt671/
Kintų671/
Kintt670/

Kind Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kind in the Hindi language
किन्दkinda75
कीन्दkinda25
Kind in the Russian language
Киндkind-
Kind in the Arabic language
كيندkynd-

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