Kempf Surname

16,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,707 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kempf Surname Definition:

(English, German) The warrior or soldier; an athlete or wrestler; dweller in an enclosure belonging to one person.

Kempf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany16,6391:4,838578
United States8,3111:43,6125,351
France4,4161:15,0411,574
Switzerland1,4851:5,531842
Brazil8021:266,92610,281
Hungary3001:32,7213,574
Canada2651:139,04014,308
Austria2421:35,1885,657
Russia2351:613,29053,852
Denmark1831:30,8453,198
Poland1241:306,52236,280
Argentina931:459,60734,406
England721:773,86242,299
Israel611:140,28914,966
Paraguay511:141,8972,990
Czechia511:208,49929,840
Australia471:574,37741,856
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Ukraine311:1,468,474118,175
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Croatia181:234,92226,068
Norway101:514,22941,629
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
China81:170,915,1968,932
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1131:45,1205,222

Kempf (21) may also be a first name.

Kempf Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) The warrior or soldier; an athlete or wrestler; dweller in an enclosure belonging to one person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kempf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kempf (Russian: Кемпф) occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kempf? popularity and diffusion

Kempf is the 16,470th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 216,203 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Kempf are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread forename globally, held by 21 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 16,639 people, or 1 in 4,838. In Germany it is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 28 percent are found, Bavaria, where 22 percent are found and Hesse, where 13 percent are found. Other than Germany it occurs in 66 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.

Kempf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kempf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 747 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kempf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kempf last name is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Kempf last name are 19.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.94% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kempf earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.21% less than the national average, earning 328,050 kr per year; in United States they earn 6% more than the national average, earning $45,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.3% more than the national average, earning $51,323 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaempf911,033/
Kempff91741/
Kempfe91132/
Kempfs914/
Kiempf912/
Koempf912/
Kenmpf912/
Keampf912/
Kemppf911/
Kempft910/
Kemphf910/
Kemp89130,784/
Kemf8944/
Kaempff8357/
Kempe8013,244/
Kämpf805,010/
Kampf804,591/
Kemph80523/
Kömpf80310/
Kompf80220/
Kempp8062/
Kimpf8045/
Keimp8035/
Kenpf8017/
Keemp8013/
Kempz8012/
Kemfe806/
Koemp805/
Kempė803/
Kaemp802/
Kemfs802/
Kemff802/
Hkemp801/
Kiemp801/
Keamp800/
Keump800/
Kempb800/
Kempfová7766/
Kmp7531/
Kmf756/
Kämpfe731,300/
Kampff73417/
Kemppe73108/
Kaimpf738/
Kemphe735/
Khemph733/
Kaemph732/
Khempe732/
Kenmpe731/
Chempf731/
Kempss731/
Keemps731/
Kaemff731/
Keemmp731/
Kempth731/
Kemppt731/
Kemmpe731/
Kienpf730/
Kompff730/
Keamph730/
Keinpf730/
Kuenpf730/
Kamp6723,311/
Komp671,857/
Kemb67355/
Kimp67333/
Kenf67124/
Kamf67104/
Kempová67103/
Kömp6743/
Kenp6718/
Kämpffe6710/
Kümp678/
Cemp677/
Ketemps675/
Cemf675/
Kkmp674/
Kämp674/
Kesempe672/
Kempova672/
Kmpw672/
Kcmf672/
Khemphe671/
Komf671/
Khmf671/
Kjmp671/
Keemeph671/
Kimf671/
Kitempe671/
Knmp671/
Kmff671/
Kmfp671/
Kmfs671/
Kmpv671/

Kempf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kempf in the Russian language
Кемпфkempf-

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