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Kettleby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kettleby,' a hamlet in the parish of Wrawby, Lincolnshire; the by or dwelling of Kettle, the first settler.

1589. John Kettlebie, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Kettleby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Kettleby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kettleby,' a hamlet in the parish of Wrawby, Lincolnshire; the by or dwelling of Kettle, the first settler.

1589. John Kettlebie, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1604. Thomas Ketilby, Worcestershire: ibid.

1652. George Kettleby and Elizabeth Kinaston: St. Antholin (London).

1688. Arthur Lowe and Susanna Kettleby: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1693. Ralph Ketelbey and Mary Freeman: ibid.

1704. Harrington Kettilby and Margaret Beverly: Marriage Lic.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) belonging to Kettleby (Lincs) = Ketill's Estate [Old Norse bý-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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