Kettering Surname
Approximately 2,205 people bear this surname
Kettering Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kettering,' a market-town and parish in Northamptonshire.
Robert de Keteringe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard Ketering, Northamptonshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.
Read More About This SurnameKettering Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,805 | 1:200,808 | 19,745 |
| Germany | 191 | 1:421,495 | 38,230 |
| France | 72 | 1:922,538 | 106,020 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 286 | 1:175,590 | 15,728 |
Kettering (15) may also be a first name.
Kettering Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kettering,' a market-town and parish in Northamptonshire.
Robert de Keteringe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard Ketering, Northamptonshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
1382. Roger Ketering, rector of Burnham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
It is interesting to notice how frequently a surname that seems to have died out in England is found across the Atlantic.
(English) belonging to Kettering (North- ants), the Anglo-Saxon Kateringas, 13th cent. Ketering = (the Estate of the) Kater or Cater Family [-ingas (dat. pl. -ing-um), pl. of ing, son]
(English) One who came from Kettering (estate of Cytringas), in Northamptonshire.
A location name in Northamptonshire.
User-submitted Reference
Henry Hardy Catron published a book called 'Kettenring family in America: Kettenring, Kettering, Kettring, Ketring, Ketron, Cattron, Catron'. There were several editions of it. The last one produced was from around 1970.
In the introduction, he explains that Kettenring came from the German word for 'chain' (ketten) and 'ring', meaning a link in a chain. A man came over in the American colonial period, Jacob Kettenring, but I may not have that quite right. Henry had followed all of those additional names in the title, and how Kettenring had been shortened or modified over the years and generations. One of my Mom's ancestors grew up as a Cattron, but was then listed in the military records as Catron, so he kept that.
- donna.k.Kettering Demographics
Average Male Kettering Height
179.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kettering Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kettering Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kettering has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kettering? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 191,204th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,305,009 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Kettering are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
The last name Kettering is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,805 people, or 1 in 200,808. In The United States Kettering is primarily concentrated in: California, where 13 percent reside, Ohio, where 11 percent reside and Illinois, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Kettering Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kettering has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kettering last name grew 631 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kettering Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kettering are 25.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.36% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kettering earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.32% less than the national average, earning $43,009 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,138 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketterinng | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ketterring | 95 | 0 | / |
| Ketering | 94 | 5 | / |
| Kettearring | 90 | 0 | / |
| Ketterink | 89 | 48 | / |
| Köttering | 89 | 39 | / |
| Kittering | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kethering | 89 | 0 | / |
| Katering | 82 | 9 | / |
| Kesterng | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ketaring | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kotterink | 78 | 66 | / |
| Keuterink | 78 | 25 | / |
| Kesterink | 78 | 7 | / |
| Keitereng | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kistering | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kathering | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cottering | 78 | 0 | / |
| Chittering | 74 | 0 | / |
| Catering | 71 | 18 | / |
| Kotiring | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ketireng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kethorng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katerink | 71 | 0 | / |
| Keitireng | 67 | 159 | / |
| Cotterink | 67 | 18 | / |
| Cathering | 67 | 8 | / |
| Keetireng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuyterink | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cuitering | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cataring | 59 | 135 | / |
| Catoring | 59 | 1 | / |
| Caterink | 59 | 1 | / |
| Caterinck | 56 | 10 | / |
| Catherink | 56 | 1 | / |
| Catherinck | 53 | 17 | / |
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