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    The surname Kidane

    A surname, carried by 1,304 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K350

    Kidane: #20,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kidane #20,382, 1,304 people Kidane: #20,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kidane #20,382, 1,304 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kidane is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,304 people named Kidane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 739.

    #20,382
    rank among US surnames
    1,304
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +76.5%
    change since 2000 (was #29,964)

    Who is named Kidane

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

    95% of people named Kidane identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kidane

    Kidane has the Soundex code K350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kidane?
    1,304 people in the United States had the surname Kidane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kidane?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kidane identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kidane getting more or less common?
    More common. 739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, up 77%.