The surname Kettle
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,092 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K340
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
The Scottish place-name was historically Cattell (1160). Probably from Scottish Gaelic cat (“cat”) or Pictish cat (“cat”) with a locational suffix.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,092 people named Kettle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,469.
Who is named Kettle
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Kettle identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Kettell
Kettle has the Soundex code K340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K340.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kettle come from?
- The Scottish place-name was historically Cattell (1160). Probably from Scottish Gaelic cat (“cat”) or Pictish cat (“cat”) with a locational suffix.
- How common is the surname Kettle?
- 2,092 people in the United States had the surname Kettle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. It ranked 14,307th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kettle?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kettle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kettle getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,092 in 2010, up 42%.
- What are other spellings of Kettle?
- Kettell.