Last Name GIDNEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Gedney, a parish near Wisbech, county Lincoln. This surname bacame corrupted to Kidney.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 33,425 (2000 US census) 16,152 (1990 US census)
Count 644 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.43%, or 460 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 23.29%, or 150 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.71%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.64%, or 17 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Ukrainian middle names

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