The Camus surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 710 people carried this name — #32,396 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 9% from 649 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Camus surname
From the French surname, from the adjective camus (“flat-nosed”). This also appears as Spanish and Catalan camús, cognate with the French word.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Camus» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,849 people named Camus.
98 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 93 départements, most often Paris.
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 1,453 people named Camus 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 Santiago del Estero.
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 194 people named Camus 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 Luxembourg Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
89 people named Camus live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Camus,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Pierre Camus 1584–1652 · writer -
Jacques Camus de Pontcarré 1587–1651 · Catholic bishop -
Nicolas Pierre Camus de Pontcarré 1666–1734 · jurist -
Nicolas Pierre Camus de Pontcarré 1667–1734 · jurist
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Geoffroy Macé Camus de Pontcarré 1698–1767 · collector -
Benjamin Adolfo Camus Silva d. 1973 · farmworker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Camus.
- Campisi 2,122 · U.S. census
- Campo 6,470 · U.S. census
- Campos 96,111 · U.S. census
- Campoy 540 · U.S. census
- Camps 1,070 · U.S. census
- Campus 358 · U.S. census
- Can 1,065 · U.S. census
- Canada 9,819 · U.S. census
- Canadas 147 · U.S. census
- Canal 1,135 · U.S. census
- Canale 2,396 · U.S. census
- Canales 24,384 · U.S. census
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