How common is the surname Kemble?

1,859 people in the United States had the surname Kemble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. It ranked 15,692nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kemble?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kemble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Kemble?

John Philip Kemble, British actor and manager (1757-1823), followed by E. W. Kemble.

Where is the surname Kemble most common?

Wikidata records people named Kemble in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Wales and 1 other country.

Is the surname Kemble getting more or less common?

More common. 1,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,859 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Kemble

A surname, carried by 1,859 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kemble is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,859 people named Kemble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,534.

#15,692

rank among US surnames

1,859

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+21.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,067)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,687	Cosenza	1,860	165,992
#15,692	Milby	1,859	166,082
#15,700	Vandenbosch	1,858	166,171

Who is named Kemble

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Kemble identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kembles

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 2001

Notable Kembles come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Wales (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kemble

Kemble has the Soundex code K514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K514.

Questions

How common is the surname Kemble?: 1,859 people in the United States had the surname Kemble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. It ranked 15,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kemble?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kemble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Kemble?: John Philip Kemble, British actor and manager (1757-1823), followed by E. W. Kemble.
Where is the surname Kemble most common?: Wikidata records people named Kemble in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Wales and 1 other country.
Is the surname Kemble getting more or less common?: More common. 1,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,859 in 2010, up 21%.