The Cammarata surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,662 people carried this name — #11,767 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,494 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cammarata surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
Borrowed from Sicilian Cammarata, from Byzantine Greek καμάρα (kamára, “span”) + -ata.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cammarata» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 512 people named Cammarata live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 316 people named Cammarata 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 189 people named Cammarata.
Most of them — 139 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
133 people named Cammarata live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Cammarata in American newspapers,
1902–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Cammarata,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Cammarata 1885–1950 · Catholic priest
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Luigi Cammarata 1885–1950 · Catholic priest
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Maria Cammarata 1900–2000 · peasant
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Henri Cammarata 1917–1993 · association football player
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Carmelo Cammarata 1924–1999 · sculptor
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Carmelo Cammarata 1924–1999 · sculptor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cammarata.
- Camilleri 1,532 · U.S. census
- Camilli 646 · U.S. census
- Camillieri 100 · U.S. census
- Camillo 862 · U.S. census
- Camin 164 · U.S. census
- Camino 976 · U.S. census
- Camon 150 · U.S. census
- Camou 423 · U.S. census
- Camozzi 248 · U.S. census
- Camp 29,753 · U.S. census
- Campa 5,709 · U.S. census
- Campagna 4,624 · U.S. census
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