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The KIDDER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 6,589 4896 0.002 24
United States (1880 census) 2,339 2602 0.005 47
Change since 1880 +4250 -2294 -0.003 -23
Other Countries
Australia 1 349783 0 0
United Kingdom 60 25603 0 1
Top States for KIDDER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 661 1672 0.007 67
Ohio 637 2148 0.006 56
Louisiana 628 1039 0.014 141
California 516 5390 0.002 15
Florida 388 5058 0.002 24
Top States for KIDDER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 628 1039 0.014 141
Vermont 81 1335 0.013 133
Maine 156 1527 0.012 122
New Hampshire 144 1349 0.012 117
Michigan 661 1672 0.007 67

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KIDDER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KIDDER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KIDDER in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KIDDER by picking someone at random in Louisiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KIDDER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KIDDER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KIDDER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KIDDER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 112 1.7
Mixed Race 101 1.53
Native American/Alaskan 47 0.71
Asian/Pacific 44 0.67
Black/African American 12 0.18
White (Caucasian) 6,273 95.2

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KIDDER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KIDDER in historical publications

A dealer in corn, provisions, and merchandize; a traveling trader.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


KIDDER. One who travels with goods for sale. " A huckster who carries corn, victuals, &c., up and down to sell." Bailey. The Gothic hjfa signifies to deal or hawk. Most if not all the Kidders of England spring fi-om Maresfield, co. Sussex, where they may be traced liack as far as the reign of Edward II. Sussex Archasolog, Collections. IX. 127.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to KIDDER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KIDDER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for KIDDER

The following words are slight variants of KIDDER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.