How common is the surname Kettering?

1,239 people in the United States had the surname Kettering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kettering?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kettering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kettering?

Charles F. Kettering, American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents (1876–1958).

Where is the surname Kettering most common?

Wikidata records people named Kettering in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kettering?

Kettering is /ˈkɛtəɹɪŋ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Kettering getting more or less common?

More common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Kettering

A surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɛtəɹɪŋ/ 3 syllables Soundex K365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kettering is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,239 people named Kettering in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,215.

#21,184

rank among US surnames

1,239

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #20,343)

Who is named Kettering

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

94% of people named Kettering identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ketterings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles F. Kettering
American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents (1876–1958)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kettering

Kettering has the Soundex code K365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K365.

Questions

How common is the surname Kettering?: 1,239 people in the United States had the surname Kettering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kettering?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kettering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kettering?: Charles F. Kettering, American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents (1876–1958).
Where is the surname Kettering most common?: Wikidata records people named Kettering in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kettering?: Kettering is /ˈkɛtəɹɪŋ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Kettering getting more or less common?: More common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 2.0%.