Kindness Surname

355,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,022 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Kindness Surname Definition:

An Aberdeenshire surname. Androw Kyndnes is recorded in Banff, 1615 (Rec. Elgin I, p. 142). Frederick Kindness of Turriff served in the first Great War and George Kindness was killed (Turriff).

Kindness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2831:1,280,77490,005
Scotland1701:31,4933,187
Nigeria1291:1,373,20053,624
Australia891:303,32226,493
South Africa821:660,70448,422
England681:819,38343,863
Canada671:549,93446,038
Cameroon531:391,86933,952
Jamaica371:77,5663,653
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Wales61:515,75523,171
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China31:455,773,85521,925
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
France21:33,211,361423,184
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1211:30,9362,614
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Kindness (7,150) may also be a first name.

Kindness Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An Aberdeenshire surname. Androw Kyndnes is recorded in Banff, 1615 (Rec. Elgin I, p. 142). Frederick Kindness of Turriff served in the first Great War and George Kindness was killed (Turriff).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Kindness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kindness is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kindness? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 355,667th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,130,671 people. The last name Kindness is mostly found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Kindness are found; 31 percent are found in North America and 31 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 76,550th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 7,150 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 1,280,774. In The United States it is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 14 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Montana, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.

Kindness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kindness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kindness surname expanded 1,348 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 140 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 6,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kindness Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kindness last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kindness surname are 15.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.32% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kindness earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.95% less than the national average, earning R 145,080 per year; in United States they earn 3.89% less than the national average, earning $41,469 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.54% more than the national average, earning $54,424 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kindnes931/
Cindness881/
Kindnis801/
Kintnes800/
Kindynis7578/
Kindinis7550/
Kindenäs7513/
Kandanes759/
Quindnes754/
Candiness711/
Kindonsai711/
Kındans6725/
Khandanese678/
Kandynesia671/
Candnes671/
Kundnus671/
Kuhn Denes671/
Kunduns671/
Kino-Denis671/
Gandnes670/
Quinndennis532/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kindness
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