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 Male Kind Height
176.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| 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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