Kettlewell

English

Etymology

From Old English ċetel (“kettle; deep valley”) + wielle (“well”).

Proper noun

Kettlewell (countable and uncountable, plural Kettlewells)

1. A village in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD969723).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kettlewell is the 36788^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 607 individuals. Kettlewell is most common among White (95.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kettlewell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 298.