Kabis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a vegetable nickname; 'cabbage'

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kabis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 569K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 2.1M
  • CACanada≈1 in 2.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈140 people, est.

Sources
70 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 569K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a vegetable nickname; 'cabbage'

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kabis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kabis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈140 est.≈1 in 569K—Kabis29
US United States≈67 est.≈1 in 5MlistedKabis70
IT Italy≈21 est.≈1 in 2.9M—Kabis2
PL Poland181 in 2.1M12——
CA Canada≈16 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Kabis12
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kabis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Kabiş

  • Polish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Kabiś, Gabes

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, United States

    Also written Kabiş, Kabīš, Kābis

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Kenya

    Also written Kabiş

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Guatemala, Tanzania

    Also written Kabiş

  • Bangla surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Kabiş

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kabis is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In tpi, cabbage

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Paegles koka āķītis biezputras un ķīseļa maisīšanai

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Ādu miecēšanas darbarīks - ķeksis

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Jumta spāru koks, spāre

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Ragavu sliece

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Kabis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202612—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—12#120,662
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20266—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6#179,969
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kabis mean, and where does it come from?
from a vegetable nickname; 'cabbage' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
In which country does Kabis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 141 people named Kabis in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kabis.
How common is the name Kabis?
In Poland, the national register counted 18 people named Kabis in 2026, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kabis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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