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The Ketterer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,620 people carried this name — #11,938 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 18% from 2,218 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 329 people named Ketterer.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Bas-Rhin 150
Haut-Rhin 62
Meuse 22
Paris 16
Aube 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Vosges 7
Hauts-de-Seine 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

188 people named Ketterer live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 51
Vaud 22
Schwyz 19
Basel-Landschaft 17
St. Gallen 17
Geneva 17
Aargau 15
Bern 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 23 people named Ketterer live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Ketterer in American newspapers,
1894–1919.

Newspaper page from Wheeling Register carrying the name Ketterer
Wheeling Register 1894-06-14
Newspaper page from The Mccarthy Weekly News carrying the name Ketterer
The Mccarthy Weekly News 1919-03-15
Newspaper page from The Mccarthy Weekly News carrying the name Ketterer
The Mccarthy Weekly News 1919-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,812 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ketterer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugène Ketterer
    Eugène Ketterer 1831–1870 · composer
  • Franz Ketterer 1676–1749 · engineer
  • Theodor Ketterer 1815–1884
  • Joseph Ketterer 1855–1930 · merchant
  • Emil Ketterer 1883–1959 · physician
  • Kurt Ketterer 1893– · philologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Ketterer.

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