Campana surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Campana surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,920 people carried this name — #8,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,505 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,469 people named Campana 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,333
Córdoba 774
City of Buenos Aires 504
Santa Fe 348
Mendoza 157
Chaco 61
Entre Ríos 55
San Luis 48

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 980 people named Campana.

149 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 149
Corsica 375
Bouches-du-Rhône 119
Alpes-Maritimes 70
Var 42
Paris 35
Yvelines 18
Gironde 14
Nord 12

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

584 people named Campana live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 350
Vaud 48
Zurich 36
Bern 29
Aargau 21
Geneva 16
Thurgau 14
Neuchâtel 13

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 34 people named Campana 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 Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 23
Limburg 6
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Campana in American newspapers,
1878–1917.

Newspaper page from Ellsworth American carrying the name Campana
Ellsworth American 1906-10-03
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Campana
Evening Star 1878-12-30
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Campana
The Butte Daily Post 1917-02-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 60,087 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Campana,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Federico Campana
    Federico Campana 1582–1645 · aristocrat
  • Andrea Campana d. 1497 · Catholic priest
  • Michael E. Campana d. 2024 · hydrologist
  • Stefano Campana 1401–1500
  • Francesco Campana 1491–1546 · politician
  • Francesco Campana 1492–1546 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Campana.

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