Kitchen Surname
Approximately 32,607 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameKitchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,783 | 1:20,382 | 2,572 |
| England | 7,161 | 1:7,781 | 1,139 |
| Canada | 2,996 | 1:12,298 | 1,820 |
| Australia | 1,790 | 1:15,081 | 2,145 |
| South Africa | 546 | 1:99,227 | 12,040 |
| New Zealand | 443 | 1:10,222 | 1,773 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Wales | 161 | 1:19,221 | 2,054 |
| Scotland | 161 | 1:33,254 | 3,301 |
| Northern Ireland | 90 | 1:20,500 | 2,453 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| France | 57 | 1:1,165,311 | 123,217 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Jamaica | 34 | 1:84,410 | 3,809 |
| Spain | 30 | 1:1,558,401 | 47,033 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 76 | 1:58,288 | 4,634 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,933 | 1:4,941 | 748 |
| Scotland | 153 | 1:24,465 | 2,264 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:78,421 | 3,652 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,385 | 1:14,836 | 1,899 |
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.
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.
(Anglo-Latin) Worker in a Kitchen (Kitchen-Servant; Cook) [Middle English kichene,kychene, Old English cycene; Latin coquina]
(English) One employed in a kitchen, especially one in charge of the kitchen in a monastery.
Probably a name given to a servitor in the kitchen of some medieval nobleman.
A diminutive of Kit, nickname of Christopher.
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.
Kitchen Demographics
Kitchen Political Affiliation
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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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen in the Arabic language | ||
| كيتشين | kytshyn | - |
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