Kellog Name Origin and Family Crest

The last name Kellog is one of the recorded forms of Kellogg, an English family name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Kill hog”.

A variant of Kellogg

Kellog drops the “g” of Kellogg, a simplification that clerks often made. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Kellock.

The 2010 census count for Kellog in the United States was 306, good for rank 64,891.

Kellog coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kellog, so the heraldry linked to Kellogg is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Want more than a summary? See the Kellog family name pack.