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Kemp

in South Carolina

There are 614 people with the last name "Kemp" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Kemp 864
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  1. is 860th most common Metts
  2. is 861st most common Nixon
  3. is 862nd most common Good
  4. is 863rd most common Whitmire
  5. is 864th most common Kemp
  6. is 865th most common Mcduffie
  7. is 866th most common Rucker
  8. is 867th most common Carnes
  9. is 868th most common Mckee

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

John, James, Brenda, David, Robert, Elizabeth, William, Carol, Henry, Chris

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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John Kemp, SC (9 searches)
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