How common is the surname Ketcham?

4,115 people in the United States had the surname Ketcham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,029 Americans. It ranked 8,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ketcham?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ketcham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ketcham?

Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (1920–2001).

Where is the surname Ketcham most common?

Wikidata records people named Ketcham in the United States.

Is the surname Ketcham getting more or less common?

More common. 4,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,115 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Ketcham

A surname, carried by 4,115 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ketcham is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,115 people named Ketcham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,029 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,086.

#8,042

rank among US surnames

4,115

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,515)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,036	Gullett	4,117	74,993
#8,040	Hagedorn	4,116	75,011
#8,042	Palladino	4,115	75,029
#8,045	Bevan	4,114	75,048
#8,046	Copenhaver	4,113	75,066
#8,049	Rabon	4,112	75,084

Who is named Ketcham

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Ketcham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ketchams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hank Ketcham
American cartoonist (1920–2001)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ketcham

Ketchum

Ketcham has the Soundex code K325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K325.

Questions

How common is the surname Ketcham?: 4,115 people in the United States had the surname Ketcham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,029 Americans. It ranked 8,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ketcham?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ketcham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ketcham?: Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (1920–2001).
Where is the surname Ketcham most common?: Wikidata records people named Ketcham in the United States.
Is the surname Ketcham getting more or less common?: More common. 4,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,115 in 2010, up 0.7%.