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Kemp

in Mississippi

There are 713 people with the last name "Kemp" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Kemp 498
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  1. is 494th most common Hankins
  2. is 495th most common Arrington
  3. is 496th most common Hendrix
  4. is 497th most common Nix
  5. is 498th most common Kemp
  6. is 499th most common Pannell
  7. is 500th most common Yarbrough
  8. is 501st most common Shields
  9. is 502nd most common Richards

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

James, Mary, William, David, Michael, Billy, John, Robert, Jerry, Lisa

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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