Explore the Family Name Kettleson

The meaning of Kettleson

1. English (Northumberland) and Scottish (Angus): variant of Kettlestring, a habitational name from Kettlesing in Hampsthwaite (Yorkshire). The placename is derived from the Middle English personal name Ketel (genitive Keteles) + Middle English ing ‘meadow’. 2. Americanized form of Norwegian Kittelsen (see Kittelson).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kettleson saw a decline between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it ranked 81,414 in terms of prevalence and dropped to 90,853 by 2010, reflecting an approximately 11.59% decrease. Additionally, the actual count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 216 to 203 during the same period, marking a dip of about 6.02%. The proportion of people with the Kettleson surname per 100,000 also reduced by 12.5%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,414	#90,853	-11.59%
Count	216	203	-6.02%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kettleson

The ethnic identity associated with the Kettleson surname has seen some change between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, nearly all (98.15%) of those with the surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 95.57% by 2010. Notably, there was no record of individuals with the Kettleson surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, which accounted for 2.46% of people carrying the Kettleson surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.15%	95.57%	-2.63%
Two or More Races	0%	2.46%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%