Kempston

== English == === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Brythonic *kam (“crooked, bent”) (from Proto-Celtic *kambos), in reference to a sharp bend of the River Ouse, + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Kempston (countable and uncountable, plural Kempstons) A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0347). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Kempston is the 149395th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 110 individuals. Kempston is most common among White (97.27%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kempston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 292.