Ridings Surname

84,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Ridings Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the ridding.' from residence beside the clearing in the woods, called a ridding.

Isolda de Riddyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Ryddyng, 1379: ibid.

William Rydeinge, of Preston, 1668: ibid.

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Ridings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4271:81,8759,308
England7961:69,9988,066
Australia2371:113,90612,650
New Zealand831:54,5588,669
Wales521:59,5105,360
Canada501:736,91258,785
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Costa Rica141:341,4343,425
France91:7,380,302306,885
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6641:36,7104,772
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5971:84,1188,785

Ridings (10) may also be a first name.

Ridings Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the ridding.' from residence beside the clearing in the woods, called a ridding.

Isolda de Riddyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Ryddyng, 1379: ibid.

William Rydeinge, of Preston, 1668: ibid.

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

From some local name compounded of ing, a meadow; or same as Ridding, from Ridding, a hamlet co. Derby.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Ridings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ridings is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ridings? popularity and diffusion

It is the 84,129th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,268,282 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Ridings are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ridings is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,427 people, or 1 in 81,875. In The United States Ridings is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and Tennessee, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States Ridings occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Ridings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ridings has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 742 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 5,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Ridings Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Ridings last name is predominantly Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Ridings surname are 22.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.12% being registered with the party.

The amount Ridings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 270.92% more than the national average, earning R 881,448 per year; in United States they earn 4.38% less than the national average, earning $41,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.04% less than the national average, earning $48,173 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riddings9357/
Raidings930/
Riding925,548/
Ridding86678/
Rydings86262/
Reiding86246/
Rudings8664/
Raiding8635/
Redings866/
Ritding864/
Rieding862/
Ridging861/
Ridng830/
Readings80405/
Reddings80177/
Rhydings800/
Reding776,336/
Ryding771,956/
Rideng7792/
Réding771/
Redding7125,265/
Reading7115,429/
Reeding71123/
Rehding7143/
Ryhding717/
Ridaeng714/
Reuding713/
Riddeng713/
Rydding713/
Rejding713/
Ridyong711/
Reddngs710/
Ritdaeng67188/
Readding6727/
Reddingc673/
Reddding671/
Reedding670/

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