Kettles Surname
Approximately 1,756 people bear this surname
Kettles Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kettle.' Ketel, Ketil, Cytel, or Chetel, the sacrificial cauldron of northern mythology. A large number of surnames are founded on Kettle and its compounds; v. Chettle, Oskettle, Arkettle, Grimkettle, Steinkettle, Wulfkettle; also their abbreviations, such as Kell and Chell, Oskell, Arkell, Thurkle, &c.
Read More About This SurnameKettles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 646 | 1:561,082 | 46,207 |
| Scotland | 481 | 1:11,131 | 1,515 |
| Canada | 271 | 1:135,962 | 14,055 |
| England | 159 | 1:350,428 | 25,285 |
| South Africa | 91 | 1:595,359 | 45,471 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 286 | 1:13,088 | 1,533 |
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 130 | 1:386,298 | 28,876 |
Kettles Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kettle.' Ketel, Ketil, Cytel, or Chetel, the sacrificial cauldron of northern mythology. A large number of surnames are founded on Kettle and its compounds; v. Chettle, Oskettle, Arkettle, Grimkettle, Steinkettle, Wulfkettle; also their abbreviations, such as Kell and Chell, Oskell, Arkell, Thurkle, &c.
Ketil, son of Tostig: Freeman, Norman Conq.
The father of William of Lancaster, baron of Kendel, was Gilbert, the son of Ketelt the son of Eldred, the son of Ivo de Taillebois (of Domesday): West's Ant. of Fumess.
'Alan, son of Ketell, gave one-half of Kinemund.' Revenues of the Priory of Contshead: ibid.
Emma fil. Ketel, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Kettle le Mercer, Cambridgeshire ibid.
Reyner Ketel, Norfolk, ibid.
Robert fil. Retell. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
Willelmus Ketyll, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Ketill, 1370: ibid.
1582-3. Edmund Kettle, or Kettell, Worcestershire, Register of the University of Oxford.
1583. Christopher Kettell, Hertfordshire.: ibid.
1612. Robert Vincent and Alice Kettle: Marriage Lic. (London).
1700. Baptised — Deborah, d. Henry Kettle: St. James, Clerkenwell.
Ketill is an ON. personal name (Old West Scandinavian Ketill, Old Danish, Ketil), and until recently was one of the four commonest surnames in Iceland. The surname Kettle though not so common as it once was in Fife is still met with there. "Kettles were weavers at Muthill, Perthshire, and gun-makers at Doune in the same county" in the eighteenth century (Sc. Ant., IV, p. 113). The name of the gun-makers is spelled Kettell and Caddell, and they were probably relations of the Kettells, weavers in Muthill (ibid., VIII, p. 187). Ketell de Perth was burgess there in the reign of Alexander II (Scon, p. 62). James filius Ketel witnessed a composition between the Priory of May and Duncan de Inchesireth (now Inchyra), c. 1250 (May, 38). Gelis Kettill appears in parish of Nesting, Shetland, 1576 (Oppressions, p. 21), and James Kettle in Noorhead of Cultmalindie, 1689 (Dunkeld).
(Icelandic) Descendant of Ketill (cauldron).
1. A parish in Fifeshire. 2. The personal name Chetell occurring in Domesday; in H.R. Ketel, Ketyl.
Local. From the parish of Kettle, in Fifeshire, Scotland.
From Kettle co. Fife. There are however the surnames Kettel, Ketell, and Kittle. Chetell occurs as a surname in Domesday; and in H.R. are found Ketel and Ketyl; and in old writings Catul or Katel.
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Kettles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kettles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kettles occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kettles? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 230,410th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 4,150,083 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kettles live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 646 people, or 1 in 561,082. In The United States Kettles is mostly found in: Florida, where 13 percent are found, Georgia, where 10 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States Kettles occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 15 percent are found.
Kettles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kettles has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 497 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 1,767 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 175 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Kettles Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (92%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Kettles last name are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.58% registered with the political party.
The amount Kettles earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69% more than the national average, earning R 401,604 per year; in United States they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $45,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.16% more than the national average, earning $55,228 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kettless | 93 | 83 | / |
| Kettyles | 93 | 62 | / |
| Ketles | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kettls | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kittles | 86 | 669 | / |
| Kettels | 86 | 178 | / |
| Kestles | 86 | 25 | / |
| Kettyls | 86 | 14 | / |
| Keitles | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ketless | 86 | 0 | / |
| Kettells | 80 | 62 | / |
| Kittle's | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keethles | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chettles | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ketels | 77 | 2,410 | / |
| Ketils | 77 | 5 | / |
| Katles | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keetels | 71 | 277 | / |
| Cottles | 71 | 176 | / |
| Cattles | 71 | 120 | / |
| Kettelz | 71 | 5 | / |
| Quetles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kathles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ketilsøe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keithlex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Katleesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keetlise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Katls | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitls | 67 | 1 | / |
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