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The surname Kettner

A surname, carried by 1,374 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K356

Kettner: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kettner #19,628, 1,374 people Kettner: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kettner #19,628, 1,374 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kettner is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,374 people named Kettner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,254.

#19,628
rank among US surnames
1,374
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+9.6%
change since 2000 (was #19,840)

Who is named Kettner

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

97% of people named Kettner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kettner

Kettner has the Soundex code K356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K356.

Questions

How common is the surname Kettner?
1,374 people in the United States had the surname Kettner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kettner?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kettner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kettner getting more or less common?
More common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, up 9.6%.