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Kemp

in Virginia

There are 1,015 people with the last name "Kemp" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Kemp 749
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  1. is 745th most common Yang
  2. is 746th most common Phipps
  3. is 747th most common Brinkley
  4. is 748th most common Ashby
  5. is 749th most common Kemp
  6. is 750th most common Wong
  7. is 751st most common Middleton
  8. is 752nd most common Slaughter
  9. is 753rd most common Wray

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kemp

William, Robert, James, Richard, David, Cynthia, Mary, Charles, John, Joseph

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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