Kimberley is used as a family name or surname in Dutch. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kimberley
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Dutch
Meaning: Kemperlike, kemper, a veteran, a stout, war-like man, from the Dutch kamper, a champion, a fighting man. The name may apply to the qualities of the person, or to the place of a camp or battle, that is, Camper-ly; Cumberley indicates a place among hills in a narrow valley, from Cum, a vale, a dell

How popular is Kimberley?

Kimberley is common in England.

Kimberley is ranked 90645 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kimberley bearers increased by 2.252252 per cent in 2010 US census to 454 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1408 spots and ranked at 46811. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.05 95.27
Others 2.42 0
Kimberley is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 4722 people have been found who wears Kimberley as their family name. Kimberley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,346 Bermuda6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
14,054 China3
46,068 Philippines3
6,270 Hong Kong3
118,441 Germany2
26,123 Malaysia2
21,529 Singapore2
4,781 Malawi2
1,500,361 India2
53,033 Nigeria1
34,581 Chile1
31,207 Ireland1
169,904 Brazil1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
8,181 Botswana1
30,360 Thailand1
91,024 Belgium1
10,683 Cyprus1
49,101 Denmark1
49,529 Israel1
28,365 Kenya1
3,307 Malta1
8,268 Mauritius1
1,254 Gibraltar1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
81,201 Switzerland1
18,969 Wales1
810,193 Indonesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
66,739 Spain24
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,009 Finland60
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Kimberley:
36,094 United States790
4,912 Australia609
16,752 South Africa365
11,325 Canada345
71,478 France135
6,646 New Zealand111
Countries with thousands of Kimberley:
3,517 England2,162
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Isaiah Kimberley worked as farmer while John Kimberley was Farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 32 years old John embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arabian and arrived on May 1, 1849.

Kimberley Namesakes

  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Politician
  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Politician
  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Politician
  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Politician
  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Politician
  • John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Politician
  • Talis Kimberley, Singer
  • Matthew Kimberley, Author
  • Danielle Kimberley, Actress
  • Tom Kimberley, Film producer

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