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Kemp

in Massachusetts

There are 529 people with the last name "Kemp" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Kemp 1,442
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  1. is 1,438th most common Everett
  2. is 1,439th most common Whiting
  3. is 1,440th most common Demelo
  4. is 1,441st most common Duran
  5. is 1,442nd most common Kemp
  6. is 1,443rd most common Macedo
  7. is 1,444th most common Morrill
  8. is 1,445th most common Newcomb
  9. is 1,446th most common Tully

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

Michael, Robert, John, Paul, David, Richard, William, Jeffrey, James, Karl

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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