How common is the last name Kemp?

44,426 people in the United States have the last name Kemp, about 1 in 6,728. It ranks #762 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KEMP

#762

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
44,426
About
1 in 6,728
This common or more
36.6%
Who bears it

Of the 44,426 people with the last name Kemp, 69.5% reported their origin as White, 21.7% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kemp

#760 Palacios · 44,626#761 Small · 44,613#763 Xu · 44,406#764 Stafford · 44,382

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kemp, most common first.

#5,266 Kempf · 6,392#30,281 Kempe · 827#37,403 Kempa · 640#63,263 Kemph · 341

Also a first name

As a first name, Kemp ranks #14,395 of 53,615, with 819 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 31 births. See Kemp as a first name

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