The Camp surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,753 people carried this name — #1,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,910 people counted. That is up 1% from 29,432 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 487 people named Camp.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Camp 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Camp live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Camp 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
73 people named Camp is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s
Camp was found among the farmers of 2 counties.
It was most frequent in Hertfordshire: 22 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 455. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.
Where it concentrates, on the mapPer 10,000 farmers, by county
H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.
In print
Camp in American newspapers,
1917–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,624,293 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Camp,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frances Willoughby Camp 1792–1814 -
John Camp d. 1395 · politician
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Simon Camp d. 1442 · politician
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Nathan Camp d. 1767
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Leopold Camp 1699–1750
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Ichabod Camp 1726–1786
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Camp.
- Camin 164 · U.S. census
- Camino 976 · U.S. census
- Cammarata 2,662 · U.S. census
- Camon 150 · U.S. census
- Camou 423 · U.S. census
- Camozzi 248 · U.S. census
- Campa 5,709 · U.S. census
- Campagna 4,624 · U.S. census
- Campagne 236 · U.S. census
- Campagnola 242 · U.S. census
- Campagnolo 195 · U.S. census
- Campain 109 · U.S. census
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