Kadiri
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kadiri is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Capable.
- INIndia1 in 462K(measured from records)
- XKKosovo≈1 in 2.3K
- FRFrance≈1 in 59K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kadiri itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
2,871 people
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kadari in IN India, US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Capable.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kadiri 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 2,871 | 1 in 462K | 2.9K | Kadari | 87 |
| FR France | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 59K | 970 | — | 171 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 825 | — | 2 |
| US United States | 563as Kadir | 1 in 591K | 786 | Kadari | 77 |
| ES Spain | 447 | 1 in 112K | 447 | — | 22 |
| NO Norway | 246as Kadir | 1 in 22K | 348 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 206as Kadir | 1 in 3.6K | 206 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 126as Kadir | 1 in 47K | 204 | — | — |
2,871 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls, counting the spelling kadiri. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kadiri is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swahili, to assess, estimate, calculate
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, disgusting; yucky
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Abdelhafid Kadirib. 1927MAMoroccan politician
- Mourad Kadirib. 1965MAMoroccan poet, critic and academic
- Ruth Kadirib. 1988NGNigerian actress, screenwriter and film producer
- Samod Kadirib. 1995NGNigerian footballer
- Abdul Kadiri Mohammedb. 1996GHassociation football player
- Jordan Attah Kadirib. 2000NGNigerian footballer
- Samira Kadirib. 2000MAMoroccan writer
- Tessniem Kadirib. 2001DEGerman television presenter
- Maymunah KadiriNGNigerian mental health advocate, psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Tarik KadiriMAMoroccan politician
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 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4.3K | #743 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 2.9K | #2,376 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 448 | #50,441 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 447 | #8,771 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 447 | #8,747 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 227 | #82,908 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 109 | #140,756 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 73 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 47 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 21 | #22,532 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 14 | #50,055 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Kadiri mean, and where does it come from?
- Capable. Recorded by The African book of names.
- In which country does Kadiri have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 2.9 thousand people named Kadiri, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kadari.
- How common is the name Kadiri?
- In India, the national register counted 2,871 people named Kadiri, about 1 in 462 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kadiriThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Kadiri”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.