as a Last Name
- 50,160
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Kemp
Meaning & Origins
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.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 50,160
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Kemp per capita
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