Kidd family name history and map
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Kidd in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 844 people named Kidd in Ireland; roughly one in every 5,200 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 401 men and 441 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Kidd in Ireland
Antrim was Kidd country: 39% of them (329 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (114), Dublin (67), Armagh (54) and Tyrone (45).
Kidd average age in 1911
The average Kidd in 1911 was 28.3 years old, 27.3 for men and 29.2 for women; a touch younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Kidd literacy in 1911
Of the Kidds whose literacy was recorded, 81.9% could both read and write, 3.2% could read but not write, and 15% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.1% reading and writing against 79.3% of men. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Kidd common first names
The most common male names were William (47), John, James, Joseph and Robert. For women it was Elizabeth (29), followed by Margaret, Mary, Annie and Sarah.
Kidd occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kidd's census form was "Scholar"; 19.7% (166) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (10.8%), textile worker (6.4%), general labourer (2.7%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 13.6% of all Kidds, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Kidd?
Most Kidds, 51.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (28.2%), Roman Catholic (8.9%), Plymouth Brethren (2.5%) and Congregationalist (2.3%).
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Kidd statistics (1911)
Number: 844
Rank: 901
Average Age: 28
Kidd in the USA (2020)
Number: 32,068
Rank: 1,074
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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