The Kettler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,424 people carried this name — #9,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 51% from 2,266 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Kettler.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Kettler 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kettler in American newspapers,
1900–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 665,497 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kettler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gotthard Kettler 1517–1587 · politician -
Wilhelm Kettler 1574–1640 · university teacher -
Jacob Kettler 1610–1682 · regent -
Louise Elisabeth of Courland 1646–1690 · landgrave
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Louise Elisabeth of Courland 1646–1690 · landgrave
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Goswin Kettler d. 1646
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kettler.
- Kesseler 159 · U.S. census
- Kessler 29,064 · U.S. census
- Kesteloot 246 · U.S. census
- Kestler 1,030 · U.S. census
- Ketels 151 · U.S. census
- Ketterer 2,620 · U.S. census
- Keusch 320 · U.S. census
- Kevorkian 681 · U.S. census
- Keyser 7,978 · U.S. census
- Khaled 731 · U.S. census
- Khalid 3,046 · U.S. census
- Khalifa 999 · U.S. census
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