Ketterle Surname

588,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ketterle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ketterle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4191:192,13722,243
France561:1,186,120124,657
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

The alternate forms: Ketterlé (1) are calculated separately.

Ketterle Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ketterle Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ketterle occurs most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms: Ketterlé. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketterle? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 588,441st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. The last name Ketterle is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Ketterle are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 419 people, or 1 in 192,137. In Germany Ketterle is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 53 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent live. Other than Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Ketterle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ketterle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ketterle last name increased 237 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ketterle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ketterle last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the party.

Ketterle earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $41,071 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ketterle
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