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    The surname Kazan

    A Hebrew occupational surname, carried by 564 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K250

    Kazan: #39,052 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kazan #39,052, 564 people Kazan: #39,052 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kazan #39,052, 564 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kazan is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.

    Kazan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 564 people named Kazan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 543.

    #39,052
    rank among US surnames
    564
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #38,320)

    Who is named Kazan

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

    91% of people named Kazan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kazans

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Zoe Kazan
      American actress, born 1983
    • Lainie Kazan
      American actress and singer (born 1940)
    • Maya Kazan
      American actress, born 1986
    • Nicholas Kazan
      American screenwriter, born 1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kazan

    Kazan has the Soundex code K250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K250.

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kazan come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the…
    How common is the surname Kazan?
    564 people in the United States had the surname Kazan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. It ranked 39,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kazan?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kazan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Kazan?
    Zoe Kazan, American actress, followed by Lainie Kazan.
    Where is the surname Kazan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kazan in the United States.
    What type of surname is Kazan?
    Kazan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kazan getting more or less common?
    More common. 543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 564 in 2010, up 3.9%.