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

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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.