Tidd Surname

104,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Tidd Surname Definition:

Bapt 'the son of Tiddeman,' from the nick. Tidd; v. Tiddeman. But possibly a nick, of Tiffany, which see, the old name for Epiphany (i.e. Theophania).

'Tid, Mid, and Miseray, Carlin, Pome, and Pace-egg Day.' is a North-English rhyme by which children still learn the chief Sundays from Epiphany to Easter, (a) Local, 'of Tydd,' parishes in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

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Tidd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8971:125,11513,296
England6641:83,9139,238
Canada4381:84,1229,355
Australia2121:127,33813,906
Trinidad and Tobago1231:11,0891,514
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Guernsey371:1,742400
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Wales111:281,32115,850
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3291:74,0898,135
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7081:70,9307,633

Tidd (12) may also be a first name.

Tidd Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bapt 'the son of Tiddeman,' from the nick. Tidd; v. Tiddeman. But possibly a nick, of Tiffany, which see, the old name for Epiphany (i.e. Theophania).

'Tid, Mid, and Miseray, Carlin, Pome, and Pace-egg Day.' is a North-English rhyme by which children still learn the chief Sundays from Epiphany to Easter, (a) Local, 'of Tydd,' parishes in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Probably these are the chief parents.

Thomas de Tid. Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Johannes Tydde, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John de Tydd, Norfolk, 27 Edward III: History of Norfolk.

1795. Married — Samuel Martin and Elizabeth Tidd: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon Tidda, more commonly Tida [from Old English tíd, festival, season, time] 2 belonging to Tydd St. Giles (Camb., 13th cent. Tid, Tyd), Tydd St. Mary (Linc., 14th cent. Tydd) [prob. the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Tid(d)a with a lost local element]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A Magister Thomas de Tid occurs in the H.R. of Cambridgeshire, temp. Edward I. Tho name is there fore local.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tidd Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tidd is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tidd? popularity and diffusion

Tidd is the 104,673rd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,625,958 people. The surname Tidd occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Tidd live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tidd is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 12 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,897 people, or 1 in 125,115. In The United States Tidd is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 12 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Tidd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tidd has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tidd last name increased 409 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 513 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tidd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tidd last name are 18.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.09% registered with the party.

The amount Tidd earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.13% less than the national average, earning $43,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.39% less than the national average, earning $47,003 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thidd892/
Tiedd891/
Tid86148/
Thiddh801/
Taid7531,395/
Tedd75415/
Tydd75317/
Thid75117/
Tied75108/
Toid7583/
Tuid7514/
Teid756/
Tidå753/
Tidh753/
Tidt752/
Tisd752/
Dtid751/
Tidp751/
Ttid751/
Ti67650,580/
Tiedt673,119/
Thaid671,112/
Tedds67368/
Taaid6719/
Thied6715/
Tidth675/
Thoid673/
Theid672/
Htjdd671/
Thiod671/
Thidh671/
Tuidh671/
Thedd671/
Teidt671/

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