Kemper Surname
Approximately 37,328 people bear this surname
Kemper Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the kember,' a wool-comber; v. Kempster, with its feminine terminative as in spinster, Brewster, &c. This seems to be an American variant; v. Kember.
Kemper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 17,191 | 1:4,683 | 557 |
| United States | 14,377 | 1:25,211 | 3,173 |
| Netherlands | 2,726 | 1:6,195 | 683 |
| Brazil | 980 | 1:218,443 | 8,448 |
| Canada | 341 | 1:108,052 | 11,605 |
| Russia | 187 | 1:770,712 | 63,938 |
| Austria | 115 | 1:74,047 | 11,271 |
| Peru | 114 | 1:278,808 | 10,879 |
| Suriname | 109 | 1:5,070 | 1,155 |
| Iraq | 105 | 1:333,540 | 6,405 |
| South Africa | 104 | 1:520,939 | 41,780 |
| Argentina | 94 | 1:454,717 | 34,122 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| Switzerland | 76 | 1:108,065 | 11,329 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Belgium | 53 | 1:216,918 | 27,806 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Croatia | 45 | 1:93,969 | 15,353 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Hungary | 34 | 1:288,714 | 22,080 |
| Chile | 34 | 1:518,132 | 13,148 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Paraguay | 25 | 1:289,470 | 4,710 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,894 | 1:17,353 | 2,208 |
Kemper (1,016) may also be a first name.
Kemper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the kember,' a wool-comber; v. Kempster, with its feminine terminative as in spinster, Brewster, &c. This seems to be an American variant; v. Kember.
1 = Kemp (q.v.) + the agential suff. -er.
In Scotland, the term 'kemper’ was generally applied to ‘reapers striving on the harvest-field,’ the act of thus striving for victory being called ‘kempin(g’: cp. Dano-Norwegian Kiæmper, ‘champion,’ ‘fighter,’ ‘wrestler’; and Old English campian, ‘to fight,’ 'strive.’ 2 for Kember, q.v.: cp. Kempster.
(English) A soldier or warrior; one who combed wool or flax.
1. A combatant. See Kemp. 2. A wool-comber.
Kemper Demographics
Kemper Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kemper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kemper (Arabic: كمبر, Russian: Кемпер) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemper? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,921st most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 195,230 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Kemper are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kemper is also the 251,978th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 1,016 people.
The last name Kemper is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 17,191 people, or 1 in 4,683. In Germany Kemper is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 76 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent live and The Netherlands, where 7 percent live.
Kemper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kemper has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 497 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,125 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kemper Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (90%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kemper last name are 13.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.45% registered with the party.
The amount Kemper earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 140.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 46,656 per year; in South Africa they earn 31.56% more than the national average, earning R 312,636 per year; in United States they earn 2.43% more than the national average, earning $44,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.25% more than the national average, earning $56,765 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemper in the Russian language | ||
| Кемпер | kemper | - |
| Kemper in the Arabic language | ||
| كمبر | kmbr | - |
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Kemper Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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