The Kempa surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 712 people carried this name — #30,868 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
4,381 people named Kempa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,091 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Kempa.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Kempa live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kempa.
- Kellner 4,334 · U.S. census
- Kelly 260,385 · U.S. census
- Kelner 604 · U.S. census
- Kelsch 1,719 · U.S. census
- Keltz 769 · U.S. census
- Kemp 44,701 · U.S. census
- Kempen 595 · U.S. census
- Kempenich 200 · U.S. census
- Kempf 6,232 · U.S. census
- Kempfer 660 · U.S. census
- Kempff 112 · U.S. census
- Kennedy 171,636 · U.S. census
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