The Ketcham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,115 people carried this name — #8,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,086 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

102 families named Ketcham, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 599 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 81
Vermont 5
Massachusetts 4
Connecticut 4
New Hampshire 3
Pennsylvania 3
North Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 248 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Ketcham in American newspapers,
1897–1916.

Newspaper page from The Bennington Evening Banner carrying the name Ketcham
The Bennington Evening Banner 1916-09-23
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Ketcham
The Salt Lake Herald 1897-11-19
Newspaper page from Times-promoter carrying the name Ketcham
Times-promoter 1898-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,239 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ketcham in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

385 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ketcham. The most, 207, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 117
Victoria 103
Tasmania 91
Queensland 36
South Australia 24
Western Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ketcham.

Who carried it

People named Ketcham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Ketcham
    John Ketcham 1782–1865 · writer
  • Phebe Ketcham
    Phebe Ketcham 1797–1865
  • Winthrop Welles Ketcham
    Winthrop Welles Ketcham 1820–1879 · judge
  • John H. Ketcham
    John H. Ketcham 1832–1906 · politician
  • Zebulon Ketcham 1740–1823
  • Tredwell Ketcham 1813–1897

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ketcham,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,152 records

1,152 records of the Ketcham name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 646
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 206
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 101
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • Sacramento County historic burials 5
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph C. Ketcham

    Born 1914 in Oregon. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; salesperson. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles B. Ketcham

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of New York from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 21; student. From Edinburgh; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James R. Ketcham

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1940, died 1999; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,152 records for Ketcham in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Ketcham name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Isaac Ketcham

    Listed at Truro Township, Colchester, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Richard Ketcham

    Listed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1787.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thomas Ketcham

    Listed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1786.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Ketcham in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Ketcham name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Theodora Ketcham

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1908 in Utica.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Ketcham.

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