Kazan
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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ).
Proper noun
Kazan
- The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
- (historical) the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.
Derived terms
Translations
city in Russia
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Etymology 2
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname.
- Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”).
- Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.
Proper noun
Kazan (plural Kazans)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kazan is the 39052nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Kazan is most common among White (91.31%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kazan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285.