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    The surname Ketter

    A surname, carried by 2,709 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K360

    Ketter: #11,592 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ketter #11,592, 2,709 people Ketter: #11,592 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ketter #11,592, 2,709 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ketter is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,709 people named Ketter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,970 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,697.

    #11,592
    rank among US surnames
    2,709
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +59.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,775)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,587Marconi2,712113,844
    #11,588Didomenico2,711113,886
    #11,589Tomko2,710113,928
    #11,592Knipp2,709113,970
    #11,595Bump2,708114,012

    Who is named Ketter

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

    81% of people named Ketter identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ketter

    Ketter has the Soundex code K360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ketter?
    2,709 people in the United States had the surname Ketter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,970 Americans. It ranked 11,592nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ketter?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ketter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ketter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,709 in 2010, up 60%.