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Kemp

in North Carolina

There are 998 people with the last name "Kemp" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Kemp 1,114
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  1. is 1,110th most common Hess
  2. is 1,111th most common Trivette
  3. is 1,112th most common Hedgepeth
  4. is 1,113th most common Painter
  5. is 1,114th most common Kemp
  6. is 1,115th most common Jarman
  7. is 1,116th most common Kent
  8. is 1,117th most common Mendez
  9. is 1,118th most common Holman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

William, David, James, Robert, John, Michael, Mary, Richard, Ronald, 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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