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Kemp

in Maryland

There are 925 people with the last name "Kemp" in Maryland.

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Kemp 510
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  1. is 506th most common Colbert
  2. is 507th most common Frederick
  3. is 508th most common Dodson
  4. is 509th most common Robbins
  5. is 510th most common Kemp
  6. is 511th most common Booth
  7. is 512th most common Johns
  8. is 513th most common Beall
  9. is 514th most common Holloway

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

Robert, James, John, William, Charles, David, George, Mary, Michael, Thomas

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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