Explore the Family Name Kempen

The meaning of Kempen

1. German: habitational name from any of various places called Kempen, in the Rhineland, Ruhr, and Schleswig-Holstein, or from Kempno in Poland (Polish Kępno). 2. Flemish: habitational name for someone from the Kempen, a region in the north of Belgium and in the southeast of the Dutch province of North Brabant. 3. Dutch: variant of Van Kempen.

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How common is the last name Kempen in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the Kempen surname has been on the rise from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 35,721st in terms of popularity and had a count of 595 individuals. By 2010, the rank improved to 31,629 with a notable increase of 11.46%. The count also grew by 22.86% to reach 731 individuals. The proportion of the Kempen surname per 100k also increased by 13.64%, from 0.22 in 2000 to 0.25 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,721	#31,629	11.46%
Count	595	731	22.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.25	13.64%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kempen

When it comes to the ethnicity of individuals bearing the Kempen surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although there was a slight decrease from 97.31% in 2000 to 95.08% in 2010. There were no reported individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent. However, there was a significant increase in those identifying as two or more races, rising by 46.43% from 0.84% in 2000 to 1.23% in 2010. Additionally, those identifying as Hispanic made up 2.33% of the Kempen population in 2010, where none had been recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.31%	95.08%	-2.29%
Hispanic	0%	2.33%	0%
Two or More Races	0.84%	1.23%	46.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%