Kettern Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kettern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kettern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4201:191,68022,203
Qatar61:393,00055,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kettern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kettern is found most in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kettern? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kettern is the 689,921st most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. Kettern is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kettern are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 191,680. In Germany it is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 78 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live and Saarland, where 9 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Kettern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kettern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kettern last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Kettern
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