How common is the surname Kump?

1,627 people in the United States had the surname Kump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. It ranked 17,359th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kump?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kump?

Herman G. Kump, American politician and judge (1877–1962).

Where is the surname Kump most common?

Wikidata records people named Kump in the United States.

Is the surname Kump getting more or less common?

More common. 1,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,627 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Kump

A German surname, carried by 1,627 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kump is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname for a bowl maker, from Middle Low German kump (“wooden bowl”), from Old Saxon *kumba, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz. Variants of this derivation are found in Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. * Also as a German surname, Americanized from Kumpf.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,627 people named Kump in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,497.

#17,359

rank among US surnames

1,627

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,388)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,356	Hunte	1,628	189,647
#17,359	Tussey	1,627	189,764
#17,367	Safi	1,626	189,880

Who is named Kump

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

96% of people named Kump identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kumps

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herman G. Kump
American politician and judge (1877–1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kump

Kump has the Soundex code K510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K510.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kump come from?: * As a German surname for a bowl maker, from Middle Low German kump (“wooden bowl”), from Old Saxon *kumba, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz. Variants of this derivation are found in Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. * Also as a German surname, Americanized from Kumpf.
How common is the surname Kump?: 1,627 people in the United States had the surname Kump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. It ranked 17,359th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kump?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kump?: Herman G. Kump, American politician and judge (1877–1962).
Where is the surname Kump most common?: Wikidata records people named Kump in the United States.
Is the surname Kump getting more or less common?: More common. 1,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,627 in 2010, up 8.7%.