Kett
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Bayr. 'water conduit, spring'; Kettmann and Ketto.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 119K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 703K
- IEIreland≈1 in 82K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 181 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 82K (inferred from the name graph)
≈650 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Bayr. 'water conduit, spring'; Kettmann and Ketto
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kett counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Kett | 68 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Kett | 121 |
| US United States | 473 | 1 in 703K | 488 | Kett | 181 |
| AU Australia | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 138K | — | Kett | 77 |
| CA Canada | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 228K | — | Kett | 46 |
| IE Ireland | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 82K | — | Kett | 42 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 107K | — | Kett | 17 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kett is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Estonian, chain
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Kettb. 1492English landowner, the leader of a peasant uprising
- Francis Kettb. 1547GBEnglish priest (1547-1589)
- Willem Kettb. 1736NLDutch artist, active 1779-1785
- Henry Kettb. 1761GBBritish priest
- Hedley Kettb. 1913GBBritish submariner who commanded two ships during the Second World War (1913-2014)
- Joseph F. Kettb. 1938USAmerican cultural historian (1934-)
- Siegfried Kettb. 1939DEGerman educationist
- Tony Kettb. 1951IEIrish politician (1951–2009)
- Franziska Kettb. 2004DEfemale german association football player
- Maria KettGBresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 488 | #41,924 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 475 | #48,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 473 | #45,253 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kett mean, and where does it come from?
- Bayr. 'water conduit, spring'; Kettmann and Ketto Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- In which country does Kett have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 649 people named Kett in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kett.
- How common is the name Kett?
- In the United States, the national register counted 473 people named Kett in 2010, about 1 in 703 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.