How common is the surname Tedder?

5,500 people in the United States had the surname Tedder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,136 Americans. It ranked 6,217th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tedder?

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

Where is the surname Tedder most common?

Wikidata records people named Tedder in the United States.

Is the surname Tedder getting more or less common?

More common. 5,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,500 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Tedder

An English occupational surname, carried by 5,500 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tedder is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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”).

Tedder is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,500 people named Tedder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,136 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,191.

#6,217

rank among US surnames

5,500

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #6,095)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,213	Woodman	5,505	56,085
#6,214	Bodnar	5,502	56,115
#6,216	Hambrick	5,501	56,125
#6,217	Tedder	5,500	56,136

Who is named Tedder

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

89% of people named Tedder identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tedders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Teather

Surnames that sound like Tedder

Tedder has the Soundex code T360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T360.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tedder come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Tedder?: 5,500 people in the United States had the surname Tedder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,136 Americans. It ranked 6,217th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tedder?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tedder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tedder?: Ryan Tedder, American singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1979).
Where is the surname Tedder most common?: Wikidata records people named Tedder in the United States.
What type of surname is Tedder?: Tedder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Tedder getting more or less common?: More common. 5,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,500 in 2010, up 6.0%.
What are other spellings of Tedder?: Teather.