How common is the surname Kempton?

3,460 people in the United States had the surname Kempton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,233 Americans. It ranked 9,397th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kempton?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kempton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kempton getting more or less common?

More common. 3,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,460 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Kempton

An English place surname, carried by 3,460 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K513

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kempton is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Kempton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,460 people named Kempton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,233 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,130.

#9,397

rank among US surnames

3,460

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,526)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,393	Byington	3,463	89,156
#9,394	Hovis	3,462	89,181
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207
#9,397	Elia	3,460	89,233
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284

Who is named Kempton

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

93% of people named Kempton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kempton come from?: From the Old English personal name *Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Kempton?: 3,460 people in the United States had the surname Kempton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,233 Americans. It ranked 9,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kempton?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kempton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Kempton?: Kempton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kempton getting more or less common?: More common. 3,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,460 in 2010, up 11%.