Kettell Surname
Approximately 917 people bear this surname
Kettell Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kettle.' Ketel, Ketil, Cytel, or Chetel, the sacrificial cauldron of northern mythology. A large number of surnames are founded on Kettle and its compounds; v. Chettle, Oskettle, Arkettle, Grimkettle, Steinkettle, Wulfkettle; also their abbreviations, such as Kell and Chell, Oskell, Arkell, Thurkle, &c.
Read More About This SurnameKettell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 542 | 1:668,743 | 53,351 |
| England | 313 | 1:178,013 | 16,129 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 90 | 1:557,985 | 38,227 |
Kettell Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kettle.' Ketel, Ketil, Cytel, or Chetel, the sacrificial cauldron of northern mythology. A large number of surnames are founded on Kettle and its compounds; v. Chettle, Oskettle, Arkettle, Grimkettle, Steinkettle, Wulfkettle; also their abbreviations, such as Kell and Chell, Oskell, Arkell, Thurkle, &c.
Ketil, son of Tostig: Freeman, Norman Conq.
The father of William of Lancaster, baron of Kendel, was Gilbert, the son of Ketelt the son of Eldred, the son of Ivo de Taillebois (of Domesday): West's Ant. of Fumess.
'Alan, son of Ketell, gave one-half of Kinemund.' Revenues of the Priory of Contshead: ibid.
Emma fil. Ketel, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Kettle le Mercer, Cambridgeshire ibid.
Reyner Ketel, Norfolk, ibid.
Robert fil. Retell. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
Willelmus Ketyll, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Ketill, 1370: ibid.
1582-3. Edmund Kettle, or Kettell, Worcestershire, Register of the University of Oxford.
1583. Christopher Kettell, Hertfordshire.: ibid.
1612. Robert Vincent and Alice Kettle: Marriage Lic. (London).
1700. Baptised — Deborah, d. Henry Kettle: St. James, Clerkenwell.
Ketill is an ON. personal name (Old West Scandinavian Ketill, Old Danish, Ketil), and until recently was one of the four commonest surnames in Iceland. The surname Kettle though not so common as it once was in Fife is still met with there. "Kettles were weavers at Muthill, Perthshire, and gun-makers at Doune in the same county" in the eighteenth century (Sc. Ant., IV, p. 113). The name of the gun-makers is spelled Kettell and Caddell, and they were probably relations of the Kettells, weavers in Muthill (ibid., VIII, p. 187). Ketell de Perth was burgess there in the reign of Alexander II (Scon, p. 62). James filius Ketel witnessed a composition between the Priory of May and Duncan de Inchesireth (now Inchyra), c. 1250 (May, 38). Gelis Kettill appears in parish of Nesting, Shetland, 1576 (Oppressions, p. 21), and James Kettle in Noorhead of Cultmalindie, 1689 (Dunkeld).
(Scandinavian) (Sacrificial) Cauldron [Old Norse Ketill] The Old Norse Ketill was Anglo-Saxonized as Cytel. Ketel and Chitel occur in Domesday Book.
Adam son Ketel.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1246.
Emma son Ketel.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Ketel is the chief modern Norwegian form, with the variants Kjetel, Kitel.
1. A parish in Fifeshire. 2. The personal name Chetell occurring in Domesday; in H.R. Ketel, Ketyl.
Local. From the parish of Kettle, in Fifeshire, Scotland.
From Kettle co. Fife. There are however the surnames Kettel, Ketell, and Kittle. Chetell occurs as a surname in Domesday; and in H.R. are found Ketel and Ketyl; and in old writings Catul or Katel.
Kettell Demographics
Average Kettell Salary in
United States
$44,598 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kettell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kettell Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kettell is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kettell? popularity and diffusion
Kettell is the 387,068th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 7,947,160 people. The surname Kettell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Kettell reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Kettell is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 542 people, or 1 in 668,743. In The United States Kettell is mostly found in: New York, where 14 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent are found and Wales, where 2 percent are found.
Kettell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kettell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kettell last name increased 602 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 602 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kettell Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kettell last name are 11.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.59% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kettell earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.36% more than the national average, earning $44,598 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.14% more than the national average, earning $61,676 CAD per year.
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