The KEMPE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	758	29390	0	3
United States (1880 census)	227	17532	0	5
Change since 1880	+531	-11858	+N/A	-2
Other Countries
Australia	156	9488	0.001	10
United Kingdom	149	19559	0	3

Top States for KEMPE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Minnesota	69	9964	0.001	14
Ohio	64	17684	0.001	6
California	59	33105	0.000	2
Illinois	54	21795	0.000	4
Texas	46	25442	0.000	2
Top States for KEMPE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Vermont	9	7993	0.001	15
Minnesota	69	9964	0.001	14
South Dakota	8	12783	0.001	11
Idaho	11	13160	0.001	9
Washington	45	13825	0.001	8

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KEMPE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KEMPE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KEMPE in Minnesota than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KEMPE by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KEMPE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KEMPE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KEMPE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KEMPE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	725	95.65
Black/African American	13	1.72
White (Hispanic)	7	0.92
Mixed Race	6	0.79
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KEMPE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KEMPE in historical publications

KEMP. KEMPE. Jamieson's definition is — " 1. A champion. Dovglas. 2. Sometimes it includes the idea of strength and uncommon size. Bannatyne Poems. 3. The champion of a party in controversy. Winyct. — A-Sax. cevqm, miles ; SuedoGothic Itampc, athleta ; Danish, liempe, a giant; Islandic, miles robustus." In Scotland, tlie verlj to liemp means to strive in whatever way, especially in the harvestfield ; a liempcr is a reaper who tries to outdo another in the amount of his labour ; and such a contest is known as a licmpin. In the A- Sax. translation of the Gospels made about the year 1000, the word which in the Vulgate is miles, and in our version " soldier," is rendered ccmpa. Kempes, hemperye-men are words employed for fighting men, in the ballad of King Estmere in Percy's Eeliques. Hence it appears that Kemp and Campion are closely allied, if not identical.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to KEMPE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KEMPE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.