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Kemp

in California

There are 2,659 people with the last name "Kemp" in California.

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Ranking in California

NameRank
Kemp 1,038
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  1. is 1,034th most common Mccullough
  2. is 1,035th most common Ruelas
  3. is 1,036th most common Holloway
  4. is 1,037th most common Solorzano
  5. is 1,038th most common Kemp
  6. is 1,039th most common Bettencourt
  7. is 1,040th most common Mckay
  8. is 1,041st most common Angulo
  9. is 1,042nd most common Hobbs

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kemper, Kempf, Kempton, Kamp, Kempe, Kemple, Kump, Kempker, Kempa, Kempfer

Most Common First Names for Kemp

Robert, John, James, Michael, David, Mary, Charles, Thomas, Richard, Linda

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: status name for a champion, Middle English and Middle Low German kempe. In the Middle Ages a champion was a professional fighter on behalf of others; for example the King's Champion, at the coronation, had the duty of issuing a general challenge to battle to anyone who denied the king's right to the throne. The Middle English word corresponds to Old English cempa and Old Norse kempa ‘warrior’; both these go back to Germanic campo ‘warrior’, which is the source of the Dutch and North German name, corresponding to High German Kampf.

Dutch: metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or processed hemp, from Middle Dutch canep ‘hemp’.

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Robert Kemp, CA (9 searches)
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