How common is the surname Kidder?

6,746 people in the United States had the surname Kidder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. It ranked 5,179th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kidder?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kidder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kidder?

Tracy Kidder, American writer (1945–2026), followed by Alfred V. Kidder.

Where is the surname Kidder most common?

Wikidata records people named Kidder in the United States.

Is the surname Kidder getting more or less common?

More common. 6,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,746 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Kidder

A surname, carried by 6,746 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kidder is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,746 people named Kidder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,589.

#5,179

rank among US surnames

6,746

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,170	Greenwell	6,765	45,639
#5,171	Sills	6,761	45,666
#5,172	Forney	6,755	45,706
#5,173	Hoag	6,752	45,727
#5,175	Dreyer	6,751	45,733
#5,176	Woolley	6,749	45,747
#5,177	Dumont	6,748	45,754

Who is named Kidder

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

94% of people named Kidder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kidders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tracy Kidder
American writer (1945–2026)
Alfred V. Kidder
American archaeologist (1885-1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kidder

Kader

Kidder has the Soundex code K360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K360.

Questions

How common is the surname Kidder?: 6,746 people in the United States had the surname Kidder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. It ranked 5,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kidder?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kidder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kidder?: Tracy Kidder, American writer (1945–2026), followed by Alfred V. Kidder.
Where is the surname Kidder most common?: Wikidata records people named Kidder in the United States.
Is the surname Kidder getting more or less common?: More common. 6,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,746 in 2010, up 2.4%.