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

The surname Ketterman (Russian: Кеттерман) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketterman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ketterman is the 182,624th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,131,734 people. The surname Ketterman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Ketterman live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,314 people, or 1 in 156,637. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 15 percent live, West Virginia, where 12 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States Ketterman is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Ketterman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ketterman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ketterman surname increased 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 those bearing the Ketterman surname are 17.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.32% being registered to vote for the political 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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