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There are approximately 5,680 people named Riddell in the UK. That makes it the 1,835th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 90 are named Riddell.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Riddell surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) From lands in the county of Yorkshire, formerly called the Ryedales.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

RIDDELL. Of that Ilk, in the parish of Lilliesleaf, co. Roxburgh. There is a tradition of great antiquity, ascending to the VII. or VIII. century. See Lay of the Last Minstrel, notes — but documentary evidence goes back to the XII. only. Richard Basset, justiciar of England, temp. Hen. L, married the heiress of Riddell, and his eldest son assumed his mother's surname. Genealogists differ as to the extraction of the family. See Douglas's Baronage. Betham's Baronetage, Nisbet's Heraldry, &c.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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