Thurkettle Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Thurkettle Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Thurkettle,' a compound of Kettle, which see. Kettle as a suffix became -kell, kill, or -kle. v. Thirticle, Thirtle, Thurtle, Thurtell, all variants.

Turketyl, abbot of Croyland, 946-55.

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Thurkettle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2181:255,58720,554
United States1601:2,265,368141,469
Australia391:692,19746,687
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:163,59314,057

Thurkettle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Thurkettle,' a compound of Kettle, which see. Kettle as a suffix became -kell, kill, or -kle. v. Thirticle, Thirtle, Thurtle, Thurtell, all variants.

Turketyl, abbot of Croyland, 946-55.

Thurkill the Sacrist: Freeman, Norman Conq.

Thurcytel Marehead: ibid.

Walter fil. Turchilli, temp. 1250: Cartularium Abbatiale de Whiteby, Ordinis S. Benedicti.

Thurkeld le Seneschal, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

William Thurkel, temp. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Nicholas Thirkle, vicar of Wiggenhall, Norfolk, 1541: History of Norfolk.

Robert Thirkettle, vicar of Aldeburgh, Norfolk, 1554: ibid.

Margaret Thurketel, Norfolk, temp. 1580: ibid.

Francis Thyrkill, Norfolk, 24 Henry VIII: ibid.

Just as Thurgood (which see) became Thoroughgood, so Thurkettle became Thoroughkettle.

1700. Baptised — Mary Thoroughkettle: St. James, Piccadilly.

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

The mod. form of the A.-Scand. Thurcytel, Old Norse Thorketill=Thor’s (Sacrificial) Cauldron fv. under Thor, and + Old Norse ketill] Thus the incident of a jarl named Thorketill asking King Eadweard (K. Ælfred’s son) to be his lord is narrated in the A.-Saxon Chronicle under the year 918 in the words: “Thurcytel eorl hine ge-sohte him tó hláforde.”

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An ancient Scandinavian name, which Grimm fancifully derives from the famous kettle, that Thor captured from Hymir. the giant, as a brewing, pot for the gods.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Þórketell; in the Domesday Book, Torchetel, Torchil, Turchil; from the Swedish, Torkels; from the Danish, Therchil, Terkel, Thorkel; a personal name.

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

Thirkell is a contraction of Thirkettle, an ancient Scandinavian name, now found in Norfolk and Suffolk. Thurkil and Thurkill were Norfolk and Cambridgeshire names in the 13th century (H. R.).

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

Thurkettle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thurkettle is found most frequently in England. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurkettle? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 703,644th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname Thurkettle occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Thurkettle reside; 52 percent reside in Northern Europe and 52 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 255,587. In England it is most common in: Suffolk, where 29 percent are found, Essex, where 19 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found. Excluding England Thurkettle occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Thurkettle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thurkettle has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 146 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thurkettle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thurkettle surname are 41.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.1% registered with the party.

Thurkettle earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.42% more than the national average, earning $49,369 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thirkettle90808/
Thurkittle900/
Thorkettle900/
Turkele8224/
Thirkittle800/
Turkeley782/
Turkeli7137/
Turkela719/
Turkelj714/
Turkely713/
Turquetille6769/
Turkiela6715/
Turkelay677/
Turcotle671/
Türkeli593,176/
Turkili5918/
Turkily5916/
Torkeli5911/
Turkila599/
Torkkeli56710/
Turkkila56193/
Turkilis5666/
Türkelay561/
Turkajlich501/

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