# Kadir (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kadir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 563 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,117 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 548,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | +65% (342 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Qadir |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir, “powerful, capable”). This surname is predominantly found in Indonesia and India.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kadir in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 41% |
| Two or more races | 11% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kadir in Algeria.

## People named Kadir

- Foued Kadir, Algerian footballer

## Similar surnames

Kader, Kidder, Ketter, Keeter, Kothari, Khatri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.