Explore the Family Name Ketterling

The meaning of Ketterling

North German: variant of Kesselring, from Low German Kettel ‘kettle’ + -ring ‘ring, hob’, hence an occupational name for a maker of iron rings orkettles.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ketterling saw a slight shift in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 25,374 in popularity, but by 2010, it had dropped to 26,576—a change of -4.74%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname Ketterling increased slightly from 916 to 917. This indicates that while the surname may have become less common overall, the number of people with this surname remained stable. The proportion of people named Ketterling per 100k also decreased from 0.34 to 0.31, marking a -8.82% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,374	#26,576	-4.74%
Count	916	917	0.11%
Proportion per 100k	0.34	0.31	-8.82%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ketterling

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Ketterling also experienced some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The vast majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 96.18% to 94.87%. The second most common ethnicity was Hispanic, which saw an increase from 1.97% to 3.05%. While there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year, the proportion of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native rose from 0 to 1.09%. The proportion of people with this surname identifying with two or more races also decreased from 0.87% to 0.65%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.18%	94.87%	-1.36%
Hispanic	1.97%	3.05%	54.82%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.09%	0%
Two or More Races	0.87%	0.65%	-25.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%