The Kittle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,253 people carried this name — #7,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,199 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Kittle surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Kettle’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 458 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

49 families named Kittle, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 294 people lived in those households, 6 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 18
Massachusetts 13
Virginia 4
Rhode Island 3
North Carolina 3
South Carolina 3
Vermont 2
Connecticut 2
Pennsylvania 1

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

Kittle in American newspapers,
1886–1921.

Newspaper page from The Dillon Tribune carrying the name Kittle
The Dillon Tribune 1886-07-24
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Kittle
The Washington Herald 1921-07-10
Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Kittle
The Philipsburg Mail 1899-11-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 93,411 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kittle in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

4,532 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kittle. The most, 1,270, date from the 1930s. Victoria 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 the Northern Territory, at 16.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,140
Queensland 1,625
New South Wales 343
South Australia 178
Northern Territory 115
Western Australia 76
Tasmania 49
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Kittle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margaret Wynkoop Kittle 1820–1885
  • Mary B. Kittle 1823–1900
  • Jonathan Gosman Kittle 1829–1893
  • Mildred Cumberlege Mordaunt 1893–1975
  • Les Kittle 1894–1965 · Australian rules football player
  • Hub Kittle 1917–2004 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kittle,
in the records of 4 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 States403 records

403 records of the Kittle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 150
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 71
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 70
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Odis J. Kittle

    Born 1915 in Alabama. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; farm hand from De Kalb County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Liberty Hill Cemetery, Dawson, Alabama.

    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 Stephen Randall Kittle

    Born 1946; from Hollywood, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1966 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Susan Kittle

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the Canada from Halifax & Liverpool, aged 22; servant. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 403 records for Kittle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); 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).

Australia92 records

92 records of the Kittle name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 43
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 29
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann Kittle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Chowringhee, aged 47; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Stanley J. Kittle

    Soldier of Shepparton, Victoria; died 1916.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Sydney Geo Kittle

    Served in the Boer War with the Queensland contingents in 1899.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 92 records for Kittle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Kittle name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Grace Mildred Kittle

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 66.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold William Kittle

    Died 1972; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Herbert William Kittle

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Kittle in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Kittle name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. Kittle

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. D. Kittle

    Dorsetshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Kittle in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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