The Kader surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 969 people carried this name — #25,503 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 886 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kader surname
Borrowed from Arabic قادر (qādir, “powerful”). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kader» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Kader.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Kader live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Kader live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Mendoza.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Kader live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
595 people named Kader are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kader,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bronisław Kader 1863–1937 · surgeon -
Abdul Kader 1725–1807 · sovereign
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Sylvia Daphne Combes 1918–1978
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Tin Tin Ma Marcia Patricia Kader 1949–
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Ingeborg Kader 1959– · art historian
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Aslam Kader 1962–2025 · jockey
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kader.
- Kaczmarczyk 1,275 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarek 4,052 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarski 704 · U.S. census
- Kaczor 1,711 · U.S. census
- Kaczorowski 839 · U.S. census
- Kada 212 · U.S. census
- Kadi 334 · U.S. census
- Kadiri 227 · U.S. census
- Kadri 563 · U.S. census
- Kaelin 2,590 · U.S. census
- Kaempf 257 · U.S. census
- Kaercher 767 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kader is.
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