# Kemble (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kemble/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,859 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,692 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 166,082 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (1,534 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kemble in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kemble in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Wales and the United Kingdom.

## People named Kemble

- John Philip Kemble, British actor and manager (1757-1823)
- E. W. Kemble, American cartoonist (1861-1933)
- Edwin C. Kemble, American physicist (1889–1984)
- Charles Kemble, British actor (1775-1854)
- Sebastian Croft, British actor

## Similar surnames

Kimble, Knebel, Kimbler, Kimball, Knobloch, Kimbell, Knoblauch, Kimpel, Knobel, Knoblock.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.