The Kitchens surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,647 people carried this name — #3,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 10,321 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Kitchens in American newspapers,
1918–1922.

Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Kitchens
The Brandon News 1922-04-13
Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Kitchens
The Brandon News 1922-04-20
Newspaper page from The Vashon Island Record carrying the name Kitchens
The Vashon Island Record 1918-09-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Kitchens in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,008 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kitchens. The most, 160, date from the 1930s. 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 Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 368
Victoria 252
South Australia 95
Western Australia 76
Queensland 70
Tasmania 24
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Kitchens,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wade H. Kitchens 1878–1966 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kitchens,
in the records of 2 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 States516 records

516 records of the Kitchens name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 392
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 101
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kerry H. Kitchens

    Born 1925 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; mechanic from Jones County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Riverside Cemetery Inc, Macon, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George T. Kitchens

    Born 1930; from Franklin, Kentucky. U.S. Army, food service apprentice; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard A. Kitchens

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 58; baker. From Surrey; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 516 records for Kitchens in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Kitchens name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Danala Kitchens

    School teacher of Beaumaris, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record W. T. Kitchens

    Sailed from Victoria in 1880 aboard the John Elder, bound for Sydney, aged 47.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Kitchens in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Kitchens.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Kitchens is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Kitchens volume
Scroll to Top