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The kemper Surname

kemper Name Meaning and History

  1. German: status name denoting a peasant farmer or serf, an agent noun derivative of Kamp 1.
  2. Dutch: agent noun derivative of Kemp, i.e. an occupational name for someone who grew, processed, or used hemp.
  3. German (possibly also Dutch): habitational name from any of the twelve places named Kempen in the Dutch-German border area.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kemper name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kemper family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kemper Families in the US in 1920
Number of kemper families
 106-210
 36-105		 1-35
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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