Kan Family History
Kan Name Meaning
Chinese : spelling variant of Jian.Chinese : from the name of a place called Kan which
existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) in
the state of Lu, in present-day Shandong province. Some residents
adopted the place name as their surname.Chinese
: variant of Gan 1.Czech
(Kán): from kanit meaning ‘to slobber or slaver’
and by extension ‘to gossip’, hence a nickname for a
gossip.Czech: nickname from káne ‘buzzard’.German: derivative of the personal name Konrad.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): one of the many forms of Cohen.Dutch: from
Middle Dutch kan(ne), can(ne) ‘tankard’, ‘flagon’,
‘pitcher’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such
vessels: a potter or a pewterer.Reduced form of Dutch van de
Kan: habitational name for someone from De Kan in Veurne or a
place called Kanne.
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Name Distribution of Kan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kan families
 25 - 47  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kan families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kan families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kan Family Origin
Kan Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Kan
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Kan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kan census records
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