Explore the Family Name Ketcherside

The meaning of Ketcherside

English: altered form of Kitcherside, a habitational name of unexplained origin. The final element is presumably Middle English side ‘hillside, slope’.

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How common is the last name Ketcherside in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ketcherside experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 26,738 and this dropped to 27,452 in 2010, indicating a -2.67% change. Despite this, the actual count of individuals with this surname saw a modest increase from 856 in 2000 to 878 in 2010 – a positive change of 2.57%. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a -6.25% change, reducing from 0.32 to 0.3.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,738	#27,452	-2.67%
Count	856	878	2.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.3	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ketcherside

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ketcherside, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, we can see some interesting shifts. There were no recorded instances of people with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either 2000 or 2010. The majority of individuals identified as White, although this percentage slightly decreased from 93.46% in 2000 to 92.14% in 2010. During the same period, the percentages of those identifying as Hispanic and those reporting two or more races both increased, by 58.29% and 45.73% respectively. However, the percentage of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native fell by -18.02%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.46%	92.14%	-1.41%
Hispanic	1.87%	2.96%	58.29%
Two or More Races	1.64%	2.39%	45.73%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.22%	1.82%	-18.02%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%