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The Kempen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 731 people carried this name — #31,629 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 23% from 595 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kempen surname

First attested as Campunni in 870.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kempen» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 168 people named Kempen live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 168

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Kempen.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Marne 24
Nord 11
Seine-Maritime 5
Paris 4
Lot-et-Garonne 4
Val-de-Marne 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Pas-de-Calais 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Kempen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas à Kempis
    Thomas à Kempis 1379–1471 · writer
  • Thomas à Kempis
    Thomas à Kempis 1380–1471 · writer
  • Johann Franz Kempen von Fichtenstamm
    Johann Franz Kempen von Fichtenstamm 1793–1863 · military officer
  • Arnold von Kempen d. 1654 · printer
  • Renée Kempen 1914–2002 · painter
  • Harry Kempen 1937–2000 · psychologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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