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    The surname Ketchum

    A surname, carried by 8,407 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K325

    Ketchum: #4,213 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ketchum #4,213, 8,407 people Ketchum: #4,213 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ketchum #4,213, 8,407 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ketchum is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,407 people named Ketchum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,725 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,229.

    #4,213
    rank among US surnames
    8,407
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,960)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,204Seidel8,43036,625
    #4,205Snipes8,42836,633
    #4,206Sandlin8,42136,664
    #4,207Sherrod8,42036,668
    #4,208Herbst8,41936,672
    #4,209Monge8,41836,677
    #4,210Sandberg8,41636,686

    Who is named Ketchum

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

    88% of people named Ketchum identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ketchums

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Ketchum
      American horror writer (1946-2018)
    • Hal Ketchum
      American musician and singer, 1953–2020
    • Dan Ketchum
      American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, born 1981
    • Annie Chambers Ketchum
      American educator, lecturer, and writer (1824-1904)
    • Tom Ketchum
      American gunman (1863–1901)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ketchum

    Ketchum 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 Ketchum?
    8,407 people in the United States had the surname Ketchum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,725 Americans. It ranked 4,213th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ketchum?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Ketchum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ketchum?
    Jack Ketchum, American horror writer (1946-2018), followed by Hal Ketchum.
    Where is the surname Ketchum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ketchum in the United States.
    Is the surname Ketchum getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,407 in 2010, up 2.2%.