Longstanding families in Ketton
Number of people by surname in each available census - only includes families with more than 25 people in totalBold = more than 75 family members in total
There were at least 10 members of the following families in each available census: Andrew, Burrows, Dunford, Green and Woolley
| 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | Total | |
| Andrew | 22 | 28 | 25 | 37 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 220 |
| Astin | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | |
| Baker | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Barfield | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | ||||
| Barsby | 7 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 95 |
| Barwell | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 61 | |
| Berridge | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 32 | |||
| Betts | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| Boyall | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| Browett | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 28 | |
| Brown | 19 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 122 |
| Buckworth | 12 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 61 |
| Burbidge | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 46 | ||||
| Burrows | 12 | 24 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 164 |
| Cave | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Christian | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Clark | 3 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 83 |
| Cliff | 8 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 114 |
| Close | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 47 |
| Coleman | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 47 |
| Cox | 16 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 59 | ||
| Crowson | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 54 | ||
| Culpin | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 41 | |
| Cunnington | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 26 | |
| Day | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Dunford | 21 | 29 | 28 | 35 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 185 |
| Ellingworth | 13 | 9 | 4 | 26 | |||||
| Freeman | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 84 |
| Goodliffe | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 77 |
| Gooud | 24 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 90 | ||
| Green | 10 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 154 |
| Halford | 3 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 59 | |
| Hare | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 54 | |
| Harrison | 11 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 111 |
| Hibbins | 20 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 124 |
| Hill | 16 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 75 |
| Holben | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 44 | |
| Hough | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 40 | ||||
| Jackson | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 33 | ||
| Johnson | 8 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 142 |
| Joyce | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 53 |
| Lane | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | |
| Lattimore | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 41 |
| Lee | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 45 | |||
| Lemon/Lemons | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| Love | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| Louth/Loweth | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| Mitchell | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50 | |
| Molesworth | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | ||
| Naylor | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 41 |
| Nutt | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 57 |
| Osborn | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55 | |
| Oxborough | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 59 |
| Pearson | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 34 | |||
| Percival | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 41 | ||
| Perkins | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 53 |
| Redmile | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 58 |
| Richardson | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Sampson | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | ||
| Scotchbrook | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 103 |
| Sharpe | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 29 | |||
| Shelton | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | |
| Skellett | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 75 |
| Smith | 22 | 39 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 170 |
| Stafford | 1 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 92 | |
| Stangar | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 51 |
| Stanyon | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 42 | ||
| Storey | 11 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 89 |
| Swift | 19 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 81 |
| Tewson | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | ||
| Thompson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 57 |
| Tomblin | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 46 |
| Turner | 14 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 62 |
| Wade | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 90 | |
| Walker | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 34 | |
| Walpole | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 98 |
| Whincup | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| Woods | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 57 |
| Woolley | 16 | 18 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 177 |
| Wright | 18 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 176 |
| Yates | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | ||
| Total | 949 | 1136 | 1051 | 1114 | 1114 | 1027 | 1041 | 993 | 8425 |