How common is the surname Kidwell?

9,006 people in the United States had the surname Kidwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,282 Americans. It ranked 3,951st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kidwell?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kidwell getting more or less common?

More common. 8,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,006 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Kidwell

A surname, carried by 9,006 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kidwell is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a variant of Kiddle.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,006 people named Kidwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,282 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,970.

#3,951

rank among US surnames

9,006

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,639)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,942	Moreira	9,037	34,165
#3,943	Moreau	9,035	34,172
#3,944	Halstead	9,027	34,202
#3,945	Sanabria	9,026	34,206
#3,947	Goble	9,022	34,221
#3,948	Crutchfield	9,019	34,233
#3,949	Loza	9,011	34,263

Who is named Kidwell

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

93% of people named Kidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Kidwell come from?: Perhaps a variant of Kiddle.
How common is the surname Kidwell?: 9,006 people in the United States had the surname Kidwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,282 Americans. It ranked 3,951st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kidwell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kidwell getting more or less common?: More common. 8,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,006 in 2010, up 0.4%.