# Tedder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tedder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,500 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,217 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,136 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (5,191 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Teather |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * From the Middle English personal name Thedere, Teddere, which is either from Old English Þēodhere, from þēod (“nation”) + here (“army”), or from the Norman personal name Theudher, which shares the same etymology. * Occupational surname from Middle English teddere (“one who teds”), from the verb tedden (“to ted, to spread hay for drying”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tedder in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tedder in the United States.

## People named Tedder

- Ryan Tedder, American singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1979)

## Similar surnames

Teeter, Teter, Tedrow, Tudor, Tatro, Theodore, Todaro, Tutor, Teodoro, Tatar, Tetro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.