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    The surname Kemper

    A surname, carried by 10,518 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K516

    Kemper: #3,401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kemper #3,401, 10,518 people Kemper: #3,401 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kemper #3,401, 10,518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kemper is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,518 people named Kemper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,354 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,339.

    #3,401
    rank among US surnames
    10,518
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,182)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,392Koontz10,53829,298
    #3,394Villatoro10,53529,307
    #3,395O'Shea10,53129,318
    #3,396Kimmel10,52829,326
    #3,397Conti10,52629,332
    #3,398Turley10,52429,337
    #3,400Acker10,51929,351

    Who is named Kemper

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

    89% of people named Kemper identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kempers

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ellie Kemper
      American actress, born 1980
    • Edmund Kemper
      American serial killer (born 1948)
    • Victor J. Kemper
      American cinematographer (1927–2023)
    • Boy Kemper
      Association football player, born 1999
    • Charles Kemper
      American actor (1900-1950)
    • Hunter Kemper
      American triathlete, born 1976

    Notable Kempers come mostly from the United States (5) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kemper

    Kemper has the Soundex code K516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kemper?
    10,518 people in the United States had the surname Kemper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,354 Americans. It ranked 3,401st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kemper?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kemper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kemper?
    Ellie Kemper, American actress, followed by Edmund Kemper.
    Where is the surname Kemper most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kemper in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
    Is the surname Kemper getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,518 in 2010, up 1.7%.