Ketterman Surname

182,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ketterman Surname User-submission:

Ketterman is an americanized form of the German occupational surname Kettermann, meaning 'chain maker'. It comes from the Middle High German words keten(e), meaning 'chain', and man, meaning 'man'.

Ketterman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3141:156,63716,012
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1821:275,92722,362

Ketterman Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Ketterman is an americanized form of the German occupational surname Kettermann, meaning 'chain maker'. It comes from the Middle High German words keten(e), meaning 'chain', and man, meaning 'man'.

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Ketterman Last Name Facts

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

Ketterman (Russian: Кеттерман) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketterman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ketterman is the 182,624th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,131,734 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Ketterman are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Ketterman is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,314 people, or 1 in 156,637. In The United States Ketterman is mostly found in: Maryland, where 15 percent are found, West Virginia, where 12 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Ketterman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ketterman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ketterman surname expanded 1,271 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ketterman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ketterman are 17.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.32% registered with the party.

Ketterman earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.08% less than the national average, earning $40,527 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ketterman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ketterman in the Russian language
Кеттерманketterman-

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