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UK surname

Pidd

In the 1881 census there were 222 people recorded with the Pidd surname, ranking it #12,022 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 249, ranked #16,847, down from #12,022 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hull Holy Trinity, Beeford and Clee. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include North Lincolnshire, Sheffield and South Norfolk.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Pidd is 338 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 12.2%.

1881 census count

222

Ranked #12,022

Modern count

249

2016, ranked #16,847

Peak year

1999

338 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Pidd had 222 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #12,022 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 249 in 2016, ranked #16,847.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 318 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Pidd surname distribution map

The map shows where the Pidd surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Pidd surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Pidd over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 195 #10,620
1861 historical 153 #15,032
1881 historical 222 #12,022
1891 historical 253 #12,645
1901 historical 311 #11,363
1911 historical 318 #10,988
1997 modern 329 #12,734
1998 modern 336 #12,889
1999 modern 338 #12,922
2000 modern 336 #12,921
2001 modern 330 #12,893
2002 modern 321 #13,378
2003 modern 317 #13,328
2004 modern 326 #13,122
2005 modern 305 #13,689
2006 modern 299 #13,949
2007 modern 296 #14,172
2008 modern 293 #14,364
2009 modern 304 #14,287
2010 modern 288 #15,162
2011 modern 287 #15,044
2012 modern 270 #15,667
2013 modern 269 #15,963
2014 modern 265 #16,247
2015 modern 253 #16,669
2016 modern 249 #16,847

Geography

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Where Pidds are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hull Holy Trinity, Beeford, Clee, Crowle and Grantham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to North Lincolnshire, Sheffield, South Norfolk and Kingston upon Hull. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
2 Beeford Yorkshire, East Riding
3 Clee Lincolnshire
4 Crowle Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Grantham Lincolnshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 North Lincolnshire 006 North Lincolnshire
2 Sheffield 005 Sheffield
3 South Norfolk 012 South Norfolk
4 Sheffield 072 Sheffield
5 Kingston upon Hull 005 Kingston upon Hull, City of

Forenames

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First names often paired with Pidd

These lists show first names that appear often with the Pidd surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Pidd

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Pidd, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Pidd surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Pidd household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Pidd is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Pidd is most concentrated in decile 5 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Pidd falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Pidd is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Pidd, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Pidd families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Pidd surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Yorkshire leads with 115 Pidds recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.36x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 115 5.36x
Lincolnshire 51 14.73x
Nottinghamshire 17 5.82x
Norfolk 13 3.90x
Cumberland 6 3.22x
Lancashire 6 0.23x
Durham 5 0.78x
Derbyshire 4 1.18x
Middlesex 4 0.18x
Suffolk 1 0.38x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Crowle in Yorkshire leads with 52 Pidds recorded in 1881 and an index of 2464.46x.

Place Total Index
Crowle 52 2464.46x
Beeford 13 2452.83x
Southcoates 9 75.57x
Great Grimsby 8 36.41x
Spittlegate 8 167.01x
Feltwell Feltwell Anchor 7 1147.54x
Great Driffield 7 159.09x
Marston 7 3043.48x
Alverthorpe Cum Thornes 6 77.02x
Arlecdon 6 120.97x
Clarborough 6 275.23x
Heckington 6 454.55x
Holy Trinity 6 11.63x
Bulwell 5 78.74x
Grantham 5 110.86x
Rotherham 5 41.32x
Sculcoates 5 14.70x
Stranton 5 23.05x
Allington 4 1600.00x
Dronfield 4 92.17x
Eastoft 3 666.67x
Hulme 3 5.59x
Manchester 3 2.60x
Methwold 3 277.78x
Thetford St Mary 3 329.67x
Brant Broughton 2 400.00x
Chelsea London 2 3.07x
Islington London 2 0.95x
Newington 2 33.84x
Norwell Woodhouse 2 3333.33x
Roundhay 2 333.33x
Snenton 2 17.44x
Sutton St Mary 2 61.16x
Belton 1 70.92x
Brandesburton 1 178.57x
Bridlington 1 20.37x
Bury St Edmunds St Mary 1 20.20x
Doncaster 1 6.38x
Embsay Cum Eastby 1 114.94x
Flamborough 1 96.15x
Fleet 1 101.01x
Goole 1 27.78x
Haxey 1 68.03x
Holbeach 1 25.91x
Little Ponton 1 588.24x
Spalding 1 14.56x
St Mary 1 69.93x
Swinton In Rotherham 1 17.64x
Tuxford 1 138.89x
Winthorpe 1 526.32x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Pidd surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 21
Sarah 11
Elizabeth 10
Annie 6
Hannah 6
Maria 6
Ann 5
Jane 5
Ada 2
Charlotte 2
Eliza 2
Emma 2
Harriet 2
Louisa 2
Rose 2
Agnes 1
Barbra 1
Caroline 1
Carrie 1
Christiana 1
Eleanor 1
Elizth. 1
Ellenor 1
Emily 1
Eva 1
Eveline 1
Fanny 1
Frances 1
Francis 1
Harriett 1
Isabella 1
Kate 1
Lilly 1
Lucy 1
Martha 1
Merain 1
Priscilla 1
Rebecca 1
Ruth 1
S.C. 1
Selina 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Pidd surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
George 18
John 17
William 10
Thomas 8
Robert 6
Edward 5
Henry 4
Richard 4
Samuel 4
Tom 3
Arthur 2
Francis 2
Frederick 2
Joseph 2
Thos. 2
Alain 1
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Barnsdale 1
Charles 1
Earnest 1
Eli 1
Enos 1
Fred 1
Fred. 1
Garibaldi 1
Hardrew 1
Harry 1
James 1
Launcelot 1
Lewis 1
Linton 1
Solomon 1
Taylor 1
Uriah 1
Watson 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Pidd surname: questions and answers

How common was the Pidd surname in 1881?

In 1881, 222 people were recorded with the Pidd surname. That placed it at #12,022 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Pidd surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 249 in 2016. That gives Pidd a modern rank of #16,847.

What does the Pidd map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Pidd bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.