Kempton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Kempton (countable and uncountable, plural Kemptons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in Clunbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO359829).
   2. A village in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
   3. A town in Tipton County, Indiana, United States.
   4. A ghost town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States.
   6. A town in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   7. A village in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Kempton Park

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kempton is the 9397^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3460 individuals. Kempton is most common among White (92.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kempton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 292.