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    The surname Kader

    An Arabic surname, carried by 969 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K360

    Kader: #25,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kader #25,503, 969 people Kader: #25,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kader #25,503, 969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kader is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic قادر (qādir, “powerful”). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 969 people named Kader in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 318,623 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 886.

    #25,503
    rank among US surnames
    969
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #26,016)

    Who is named Kader

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    65% of people named Kader identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
    • Two or more races 5.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kader

    Kader has the Soundex code K360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K360.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kader come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic قادر (qādir, “powerful”). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.
    How common is the surname Kader?
    969 people in the United States had the surname Kader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 318,623 Americans. It ranked 25,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kader?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Kader identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Kader getting more or less common?
    More common. 886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 969 in 2010, up 9.4%.