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Kemp

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,386 people with the last name "Kemp" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Kemp 748
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  1. is 744th most common Gould
  2. is 745th most common Ingram
  3. is 746th most common Malloy
  4. is 747th most common Medina
  5. is 748th most common Kemp
  6. is 749th most common Sellers
  7. is 750th most common Vasquez
  8. is 751st most common Velez
  9. is 752nd most common Donaldson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

Robert, John, David, Richard, Kenneth, James, William, Charles, Edward, Mary

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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