Kemball Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Kemball Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kemble,' a village and parish near Cirencester, Wiltshire Not to be confounded with Kimbell, although that must have been occasionally done.

1657. Married — John Kemball and Jane Jones: St.

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Kemball Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada3271:112,67812,031
England1141:488,75531,416
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England961:253,91018,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Kemball (13) may also be a first name.

Kemball Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kemble,' a village and parish near Cirencester, Wiltshire Not to be confounded with Kimbell, although that must have been occasionally done.

1657. Married — John Kemball and Jane Jones: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1680. John Kembell and Grace Grey: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury").

1736. Married — Tames Kemble and Judith Davies: St. George, Hanover Square.

1742. — George Kemble and Elizabeth Pool: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon Cyneb(e)ald = Royally Bold [Old English cyne-, royal + b(e)ald, bold] 2 belonging to Kemble (Wilts), the Anglo-Saxon Cemele [the second element is perh. Old English ele, olive (-tree]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in co. Wilts. It has been erroneously considered a narrowed pronunciation of Campbell.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Campbell, of which it is a corruption.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Kemball Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kemball Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kemball (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺒﺎﻝ) has its highest incidence in Canada. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kemball? popularity and diffusion

Kemball is the 580,291st most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Kemball live; 70 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kemball is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name globally, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Canada, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 112,678. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Manitoba, where 74 percent are found, Ontario, where 9 percent are found and British Columbia, where 8 percent are found. Barring Canada Kemball exists in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Kemball Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kemball has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Kemball last name grew 119 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 7 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kemball Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kemball surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% registered with the political party.

The amount Kemball earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.61% more than the national average, earning $45,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.4% less than the national average, earning $46,502 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keimball930/
Kembal92250/
Kmball921/
Kimball8634,054/
Kembale861,029/
Kemvall8615/
Kamball868/
Kenball863/
Kemboll861/
Kiembal860/
Kymball860/
Kmbal8330/
Khembale8014/
Kembaale802/
Kimmball801/
Kimnball800/
Kienball800/
Kambal7731,452/
Kimbal77807/
Kembol77131/
Kombal7792/
Cembal7747/
Kmbale7731/
Kemval7714/
Kenbal772/
Kymbal772/
Khambal711,542/
Kimbale7197/
Camball7137/
Kembole7135/
Chembal7124/
Kambaal7116/
Cimball7115/
Khombal7111/
Kimvall719/
Kinball719/
Kimboll714/
Kambhal713/
Kaimbal713/
Kenbale712/
Kambaul711/
Khmbale711/
Kombeal711/
Kimbhal711/
Kimballová711/
Kemboul711/
Kimbalt710/
Kimbald710/
Kimbail710/
Khambhal6713,946/
Chembail675/
Kimbaale672/
Khimbale671/
Keymbole671/
Cmbal671/
Quimball671/
Khambail671/
Kaimbale671/

Kemball Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kemball in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻤﺒﺎﻝkmbal-

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