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    The surname Kiddy

    A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 763 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiddy is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Clipping of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh (patronymic surname), diminutive of Adam.

    Kiddy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 763 people named Kiddy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 708.

    #30,570
    rank among US surnames
    763
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #31,014)

    Who is named Kiddy

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

    93% of people named Kiddy identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kiddy

    Kiddy has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kiddy come from?
    Clipping of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh (patronymic surname), diminutive of Adam.
    How common is the surname Kiddy?
    763 people in the United States had the surname Kiddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. It ranked 30,570th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kiddy?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kiddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Kiddy?
    Kiddy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Kiddy getting more or less common?
    More common. 708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 763 in 2010, up 7.8%.