Kempen
See also: kempen
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch and German Kempen.
Proper noun edit
Kempen (plural Kempens)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kempen is the 31629th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 731 individuals. Kempen is most common among White (95.08%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kempen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 292.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
De Kempen pl
- The Campine.
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
First attested as Campunni in 870.
See also Limburgish Kempe, Kämpe̩.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kempen n (proper noun, genitive Kempens or (optionally with an article) Kempen)
- Kempen (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Proper noun edit
Kempen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kempens or (with an article) Kempen, feminine genitive Kempen, plural Kempens or Kempen)
- a surname