How Many People Have the Last Name Kemp?
people had the surname Kemp in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,394 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,445 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kemp (71.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 22.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kemp ranks #550. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 73.8% to 71.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kemp grew from 44,701 people in 2000 to 46,146 in 2010 (up 3.2%), and its rank fell from #698 to #753. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 16.57 to 15.64 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 44,701 | 46,146 |
| Rank | #698 | #753 |
| Per 100,000 people | 16.57 | 15.64 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kemp
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kemp: K510
👤 Kemp as a First Name
Kemp is a first name too: about 848 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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