Kitchener Surname

108,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Kitchener Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the kitchener,' equivalent to Kitchingman (which see), and v. Kitchen.

'John Silvester, kychynner a member of the dissolved Abbey of Hayles, Gloucestershire: Rudder's History Gloucestershire.

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Kitchener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2711:24,5353,388
Australia6401:42,1815,388
United States6151:589,36448,128
Canada3111:118,47512,504
Nigeria1611:1,100,26645,533
New Zealand1031:43,9647,284
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Wales441:70,3306,116
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
France51:13,284,544357,392
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0221:23,8513,324
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Kitchener (185) may also be a first name.

Kitchener Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the kitchener,' equivalent to Kitchingman (which see), and v. Kitchen.

'John Silvester, kychynner a member of the dissolved Abbey of Hayles, Gloucestershire: Rudder's History Gloucestershire.

Adam Kitener, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1569. Married — Edward Kychener and Mary Pyers: Marriage Lic. (London).

1618. Thomas Kechener, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.

1716. Married — John Kitchenner and Elizabeth Hare: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(Anglo-Latin) = Kitchen (q.v.) + the English agential suff. -er.

In monasteries the kitchener was the officer in charge of the kitchen.

The industry of all crafts has paused; except it be the smith's fiercely hammer­ing pikes, and in a faint degree the kitchener's cooking off-hand victuals.— Carlyle, French Rev., V. I. ch. v.

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

Kitchener: from cuisinier, a French or Norman name for a cook.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

There was a family of Kitchener at Chells in Stevenage parish last century (Cus.), and the name is still in the parish.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Kitchener Last Name Facts

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

Kitchener is found most in England. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitchener? popularity and diffusion

It is the 108,089th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,691,238 people. The surname Kitchener occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Kitchener are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles. Kitchener is also the 669,105th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 185 people.

Kitchener is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 2,271 people, or 1 in 24,535. In England Kitchener is most frequent in: Greater London, where 13 percent are found, Hertfordshire, where 10 percent are found and Essex, where 8 percent are found. Outside of England Kitchener exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Kitchener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kitchener has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Kitchener surname expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 2,929 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kitchener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kitchener last name are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kitchener earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 173.05% more than the national average, earning R 648,864 per year; in United States they earn 16.7% more than the national average, earning $50,353 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $52,247 CAD per year.

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