The Kadri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 563 people carried this name — #39,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 32% from 426 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kadri surname
Borrowed from Arabic قادري. This surname is predominantly found in Algeria.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kadri» (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 523 people named Kadri.
Most of them — 273 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
164 people named Kadri live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 155 people named Kadri 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
95 people named Kadri is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Kadri in American newspapers,
1882–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 431 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kadri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Müfide Kadri 1890–1911 · painter -
Sadakat Kadri 1964– · lawyer -
Ilham Kadri 1969– · business executive -
Jalel Kadri 1971– · association football coach -
Blel Kadri 1986– · sport cyclist -
Hamid Kadri 1961– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kadri.
- Kaczor 1,711 · U.S. census
- Kaczorowski 839 · U.S. census
- Kada 212 · U.S. census
- Kader 969 · U.S. census
- Kadi 334 · U.S. census
- Kadiri 227 · U.S. census
- Kaelin 2,590 · U.S. census
- Kaempf 257 · U.S. census
- Kaercher 767 · U.S. census
- Kaes 177 · U.S. census
- Kagan 2,925 · U.S. census
- Kah 352 · U.S. census
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