Kimpton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cyma + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Kimpton (countable and uncountable, plural Kimptons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, bordering onto Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2847).
   2. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1718).
   3. An extinct town in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kimpton is the 56073^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 365 individuals. Kimpton is most common among White (90.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kimpton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306.