Ketchum is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ketchum
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ketchum

How popular is Ketchum?

Ketchum is common in United States.

Ketchum is ranked 45474 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ketchum bearers increased by 2.163082 per cent in 2010 US census to 8407 since 2000, the surname slipped by 253 spots and ranked at 4213. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.18 89.29
Black 3.6 3.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.85 1.98
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.83 2.6
Others 1.96 1.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.56
Ketchum is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 10575 people have been found who wears Ketchum as their family name. Ketchum is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
26,123 Malaysia2
40,256 Mexico2
91,784 Netherlands2
54,135 Philippines2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,671 Guatemala2
4,086 Angola2
20,595 China2
17,547 Colombia2
219,873 France2
172,258 Germany1
120,357 Argentina1
151,601 Spain1
10,958 Bangladesh1
15,162 Costa Rica1
169,904 Brazil1
279,271 Australia1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
53,505 Turkey1
8,859 Iraq1
38,841 Scotland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,814 Romania1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
Countries with hundreds of Ketchum:
10,151 Canada389
Countries with ten thousands of Ketchum:
3,956 United States10,096
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 45 years old Mary Ketchum who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on July 12, 1848 by Stuart Elphuston put out from Glasgow. Sarah Ketchum, aged 15, William Ketchum (21) Immigrant, Robert Ketchum (18) Immigrant, are others that migrated to US.

Ketchum Namesakes

  • Creston Donald Ketchum, Author
  • Jack Ketchum, Author
  • Jack Ketchum, Author
  • Jack Ketchum, Author
  • Tom Ketchum, Cowboy
  • Jack Ketchum, Author
  • Liza Ketchum, Writer
  • Marylou Ketchum, Film actress
  • Morris Ketchum Jesup, Banker
  • Gus Ketchum, Baseball athlete

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