Kitchen Surname

17,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Kitchen Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the kitchen,' equivalent to Kitchingman, which see. The 'g' in Kitching is, of course, excrescent, as in Jennings and a hundred other surnames.

Henry atte Kychene, temp. 1300.

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Kitchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,7831:20,3822,572
England7,1611:7,7811,139
Canada2,9961:12,2981,820
Australia1,7901:15,0812,145
South Africa5461:99,22712,040
New Zealand4431:10,2221,773
Egypt3361:273,61818,414
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Wales1611:19,2212,054
Scotland1611:33,2543,301
Northern Ireland901:20,5002,453
India801:9,588,317188,446
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
France571:1,165,311123,217
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Jamaica341:84,4103,809
Spain301:1,558,40147,033
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
China141:97,665,8265,141
Afghanistan111:2,923,01717,932
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Bahamas51:78,350887
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
San Marino11:33,214932
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland761:58,2884,634
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9331:4,941748
Scotland1531:24,4652,264
Wales201:78,4213,652
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3851:14,8361,899

Kitchen (723) may also be a first name.

Kitchen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the kitchen,' equivalent to Kitchingman, which see. The 'g' in Kitching is, of course, excrescent, as in Jennings and a hundred other surnames.

Henry atte Kychene, temp. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Richard del Kechin. Rolls of Parliament.

Nicholas de la Kechyn: Patent Roll, 17 Richard II. pt.

Johannes del Kechyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes del Kychyn, 1379: ibid.

Thomas del Kichyn, 1370: ibid.

1578. James Kytchen, of London: Register of the University of Oxford.

1616. Abel Kitchen, of Bristol: ibid.

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

The surname Kitchin or Kitching is found in several counties of north England (Guppy). Meaning "of the kitchen," it is almost the same as Kitchener, the officer in charge of the monastery kitchen.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-Latin) Worker in a Kitchen (Kitchen-Servant; Cook) [Middle English kichene,kychene, Old English cycene; Latin coquina]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One employed in a kitchen, especially one in charge of the kitchen in a monastery.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Probably a name given to a servitor in the kitchen of some medieval nobleman.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A diminutive of Kit, nickname of Christopher.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Old Norse, Kikini; nickname from the Danish, Ketjen; from the Swedish, Kitzing; from the Dutch, Ketjen; from the Flemish, Kicken, Kitson, Kitzen; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Kitchen Last Name Facts

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

Kitchen (Arabic: كيتشين) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitchen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 17,023rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 223,496 people. The last name Kitchen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Kitchen are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 306,882nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 723 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 17,783 people, or 1 in 20,382. In The United States Kitchen is mostly found in: Ohio, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Michigan, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 86 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.

Kitchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kitchen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kitchen surname expanded 525 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 805 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 105 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 62 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kitchen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kitchen last name is predominantly Presbyterian (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States Kitchen are 14.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.02% registered with the party.

The amount Kitchen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 28.89% more than the national average, earning R 306,300 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.25% less than the national average, earning $19,013,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.13% less than the national average, earning $41,369 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.68% more than the national average, earning $53,004 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kitchen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kitchen in the Arabic language
كيتشينkytshyn-

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