The Kane surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 50,584 people carried this name — #680 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,830 people counted. That is up 4% from 48,527 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 190 births for the Kane name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 8,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 15 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 244 people named Kane 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 208 people named Kane.
Most of them — 138 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Paris.
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
132 people named Kane live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 74 people named Kane 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 the Nordic population registers
63 people named Kane 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
Kane in American newspapers,
1904–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 584,204 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kane,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elias Kane 1794–1835 · judge -
John Kintzing Kane 1795–1858 · judge -
Robert John Kane 1809–1890 · physician -
Paul Kane 1810–1871 · writer -
Elisha Kent Kane 1820–1857 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kane.
- Kammer 2,648 · U.S. census
- Kammerer 3,659 · U.S. census
- Kamp 4,131 · U.S. census
- Kampf 917 · U.S. census
- Kan 3,005 · U.S. census
- Kandel 1,426 · U.S. census
- Kania 4,092 · U.S. census
- Kante 524 · U.S. census
- Kany 144 · U.S. census
- Kapala 406 · U.S. census
- Kapfer 407 · U.S. census
- Kaplan 29,582 · U.S. census
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