Kinder Surname

21,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Kinder Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kinder,' a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, Derbyshire, near Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Philota de Kender, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1576. Married — John Kynder and Ales Holme: Reg.

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Kinder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,5531:24,9063,131
Germany2,9811:27,0063,565
England1,9331:28,8253,893
Russia1,1761:122,55414,586
Poland1,0451:36,3725,634
Australia5911:45,6785,732
Chad4811:28,2583,335
United Arab Emirates3461:26,4812,967
France2941:225,92835,048
Argentina2231:191,67515,950
Canada2141:172,17617,252
Brazil1551:1,381,12546,713
Belarus1371:69,35111,346
New Zealand1111:40,7966,843
Lebanon1021:55,2664,383
Indonesia951:1,392,09795,389
Wales641:48,3524,540
Croatia531:79,78513,729
Japan501:2,556,88631,037
Austria471:181,17923,261
Kazakhstan461:384,40230,298
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Sweden411:240,16516,652
Scotland401:133,8458,251
Hungary381:258,32320,391
Norway361:142,84118,058
Switzerland331:248,87620,666
Slovakia241:222,35235,659
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Kyrgyzstan211:284,41225,571
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
India171:45,121,493474,784
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Israel91:950,84857,975
Moldova81:445,17130,722
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
China61:227,886,92811,701
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Azerbaijan51:1,929,82423,635
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland171:260,58011,064
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2531:19,4542,788
Wales61:261,4039,165
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8631:26,9563,310

Kinder (4,262) may also be a first name.

Kinder Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kinder,' a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, Derbyshire, near Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Philota de Kender, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1576. Married — John Kynder and Ales Holme: Reg. Prestbury (Cheshire).

1581. John Kinder, or Kynder, Lincolnshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1752. Married — John Kinder and Martha Attersoll: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1703. — 'William Kinder and Catherine Butcher: St. George, Hanover Square.

1800. — William Kinder and Mary Stokes: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) belonging to Kinder (Derby), 13th cent. Kender [Kinder is at the foot of Kinder Scout (the village-name is prob. a shortening of the hill-name), and as Scout is Scandinavian (cp. Old Norse skúta, to jut out; skúti, cave formed by jutting rocks), Kinder may represent a Norse. pers. name (cp. Dano-Norwegian kiender, ‘skilful man’). On the other hand, the Dutch have place-names like Kinderhoek = Children's Corner, and the Derbyshire Kinder might conceivably represent an O.Frisian cognate: we may compare the Austrian Kindberg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A hamlet in Derbyshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Kinder Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kinder Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kinder (Arabic: كيندر, Hindi: किन्दर, Russian: Киндер) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinder? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 21,540th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 288,193 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Kinder are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kinder is also the 106,116th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 4,262 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 14,553 people, or 1 in 24,906. In The United States it is most numerous in: Missouri, where 11 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 107 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Kinder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kinder has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 781 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kinder Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kinder surname is principally Catholic (82%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Catholic (67%) in Belarus, Sunni (99%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kinder last name are 15.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.6% being registered with the party.

The amount Kinder earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 66.9% more than the national average, earning 577,606 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.75% more than the national average, earning R 258,432 per year; in United States they earn 6.21% less than the national average, earning $40,470 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.07% more than the national average, earning $49,717 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kindeur92140/
Kindert9253/
Kindere9232/
Kiender9219/
Kinderd927/
Kuinder924/
Kinderr923/
Kindher921/
Kindder921/
Knder912/
Kindre831,805/
Kender831,337/
Kynder83351/
Cinder83133/
Künder8341/
Kindir8328/
Känder8317/
Könder833/
Knderr831/
Kinderova80114/
Kinderová8023/
Kindjeher801/
Kendere77174/
Chinder7749/
Quinder7714/
Kendier7713/
Kendher775/
Kuender773/
Kinndre772/
Kindire772/
Koender771/
Kendger771/
Kindyor771/
Kyndert771/
Kindgir771/
Kennder771/
Kaender770/
Cnder7336/
Kęder732/
Kndre732/
Quindere71385/
Kendeere7113/
Kendre6736,196/
Kendir675,160/
Cender67815/
Cindir67554/
Kındır67417/
Kenderová67182/
Kenderova67135/
Kindirova67110/
Kynderova679/
Kündre678/
Khndre672/

Kinder Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kinder in the Hindi language
किन्दरkindara-
Kinder in the Russian language
Киндерkinder-
Kinder in the Arabic language
كيندرkyndr-

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