How common is the surname Ketterman?

3,029 people in the United States had the surname Ketterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,930 Americans. It ranked 10,584th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ketterman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,029 in 2010, up 83%.

The surname Ketterman

A surname, carried by 3,029 people in the United States.

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). Ketterman is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,029 people named Ketterman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,930 Americans. That is up 83% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,657.

#10,584

rank among US surnames

3,029

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+82.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,062)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,577	Hartzog	3,031	101,863
#10,582	Hanshaw	3,030	101,896
#10,584	Vidrine	3,029	101,930
#10,587	Biller	3,028	101,964
#10,589	Stgeorge	3,026	102,031
#10,593	Butters	3,025	102,065

Who is named Ketterman

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

95% of people named Ketterman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ketterman

Ketterman 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 Ketterman?: 3,029 people in the United States had the surname Ketterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,930 Americans. It ranked 10,584th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ketterman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ketterman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Ketterman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,029 in 2010, up 83%.