Kilduff

English

Alternative forms

• Kildow

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Duibh (“son of the black-haired lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and dubh (“black”).

Proper noun

Kilduff (plural Kilduffs)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kilduff is the 20029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1336 individuals. Kilduff is most common among White (97.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kilduff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 303.