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

The Campe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 277 people carried this name — #70,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 12% from 313 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 201 people named Campe 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 129
West Flanders 44
Limburg 21
Hainaut 7

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 78 people named Campe.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often La Réunion.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
La Réunion 13
Nord 13
Pas-de-Calais 8
Yvelines 8
Paris 8
Gironde 5
Cantal 3
Charente 3

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

Who carried it

People named Campe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joannes-Baptista Campe d. 1719 · pastor
  • Jacob Campe d. 1585 · statesperson
  • Ernst Heinrich Campe d. 1749 · bookseller
  • Lawrence Campe d. 1613
  • Meta von Campe d. 1580
  • Jacob Campe 1572–1625 · mayor

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Campe is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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