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Kemp

in Tennessee

There are 1,258 people with the last name "Kemp" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Kemp 597
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  1. is 593rd most common Inman
  2. is 594th most common Everett
  3. is 595th most common Drake
  4. is 596th most common Warner
  5. is 597th most common Kemp
  6. is 598th most common Lloyd
  7. is 599th most common Adcock
  8. is 600th most common Braden
  9. is 601st most common Sellers

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

James, Michael, John, William, Charles, David, Robert, Mary, Billy, Jennifer

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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