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The ketterer Surname

ketterer Name Meaning and History

  1. occupational name for a chain maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German keten(e) ‘chain’ (Latin catena).
  2. metronymic from Ketter, a pet form of the personal name Katharina (see Catherine).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The ketterer name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the ketterer family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of ketterer Families in the US in 1920
Number of ketterer families
 42-81
 15-41		 1-14
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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