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    The surname Kadir

    An Arabic surname, carried by 563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K360

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kadir is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

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

    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 563 people named Kadir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 342.

    #39,117
    rank among US surnames
    563
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +64.6%
    change since 2000 (was #55,971)

    Who is named Kadir

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

    41% of people named Kadir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 15% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 41%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 11%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Kadirs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Foued Kadir
      Algerian footballer, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Qadir

    Surnames that sound like Kadir

    Kadir 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 Kadir come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir, “powerful, capable”). This surname is predominantly found in Indonesia and India.
    How common is the surname Kadir?
    563 people in the United States had the surname Kadir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. It ranked 39,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kadir?
    In the 2010 Census, 41% of people named Kadir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kadir?
    Foued Kadir, Algerian footballer.
    Where is the surname Kadir most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kadir in Algeria.
    Is the surname Kadir getting more or less common?
    More common. 342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 563 in 2010, up 65%.
    What are other spellings of Kadir?
    Qadir.