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Kemp

in Illinois

There are 1,274 people with the last name "Kemp" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Kemp 771
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  1. is 767th most common Mcclure
  2. is 768th most common Vance
  3. is 769th most common Hurley
  4. is 770th most common Pitts
  5. is 771st most common Kemp
  6. is 772nd most common Saunders
  7. is 773rd most common Tracy
  8. is 774th most common Daly
  9. is 775th most common Delaney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

Robert, James, David, Charles, John, Michael, Richard, William, Mary, Barbara

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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