How common is the surname Giddings?

5,267 people in the United States had the surname Giddings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,619 Americans. It ranked 6,447th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Giddings?

Franklin Henry Giddings, American economist (1855–1931), followed by Joshua Reed Giddings.

Where is the surname Giddings most common?

Wikidata records people named Giddings in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Giddings getting more or less common?

More common. 4,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,267 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Giddings

A surname, carried by 5,267 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Giddings is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,267 people named Giddings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,619 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,764.

#6,447

rank among US surnames

5,267

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,562)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,441	Paddock	5,272	58,563
#6,444	Sansone	5,270	58,585
#6,446	Corson	5,268	58,608
#6,447	Giddings	5,267	58,619
#6,448	Naughton	5,264	58,652

Who is named Giddings

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

73% of people named Giddings identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Giddingss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franklin Henry Giddings
American economist (1855–1931)
Joshua Reed Giddings
American politician (1795–1864)
Lara Giddings
Australian politician; 44th Premier of Tasmania, born 1972
Joshua Giddings
British cyclist, born 2003

Notable Giddingss come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Giddens

Surnames that sound like Giddings

Giddings has the Soundex code G352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G352.

Questions

How common is the surname Giddings?: 5,267 people in the United States had the surname Giddings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,619 Americans. It ranked 6,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Giddings?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Giddings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Giddings?: Franklin Henry Giddings, American economist (1855–1931), followed by Joshua Reed Giddings.
Where is the surname Giddings most common?: Wikidata records people named Giddings in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Giddings getting more or less common?: More common. 4,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,267 in 2010, up 11%.
What are other spellings of Giddings?: Giddens.