Kydd Surname

167,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kydd Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the kid,' a man of a frisky disposition; compare Doe, Roe, Buck, Roebuck, &c.

Reginald Kyd, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ricardus Kyd, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Kydde, 1379: ibid.

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Kydd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6311:574,42047,094
Canada5091:72,3888,234
Scotland4161:12,8701,703
England3401:163,87715,242
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1761:640140
Australia1371:197,04919,369
New Zealand1031:43,9647,284
Trinidad and Tobago701:19,4852,299
Northern Ireland651:28,3853,035
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Barbados131:22,1111,112
Saint Lucia101:17,8781,399
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Wales51:618,90625,852
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland321:138,4337,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland4781:7,8311,077
England461:529,89928,330
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Kydd (27) may also be a first name.

Kydd Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the kid,' a man of a frisky disposition; compare Doe, Roe, Buck, Roebuck, &c.

Reginald Kyd, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ricardus Kyd, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Kydde, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus Kyddei 1379: ibid.

1611. Anthony Kydde and Julian Percy: Marriage Lic. (London).

1631-2. Archibald Kyd and Sara Butter: ibid.

1709. Married — William Kidd and Christian Willson: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Kidd, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The young of a goat-analogous to Lamb, Colt, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Kydd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kydd Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kydd has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kydd? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 167,491st most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,822,442 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Kydd live; 44 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name in the world It is held by 27 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 574,420. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 18 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Massachusetts, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent live and Scotland, where 16 percent live.

Kydd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kydd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kydd surname grew 2,629 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 13 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it grew 739 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kydd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States Kydd are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Kydd earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.66% more than the national average, earning R 265,344 per year; in United States they earn 8.71% more than the national average, earning $46,907 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.96% less than the national average, earning $47,714 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaydd891/
Kyd86741/
Kidd7567,766/
Koyd7560/
Kayd7548/
Kyod7517/
Kedd753/
Keyd752/
Gkyd751/
Kyds751/
Kydh751/
Kyhd751/
Kydz751/
Ckyd751/
Kydt750/
Khayd67145/
Kydts6740/
Khedd672/
Khoyd671/
Hkidd671/
Khyod671/
Keidd671/
Kaidd670/

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