The Ocampo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,720 people carried this name — #1,374 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,500 people counted. That is up 48% from 17,334 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ocampo surname

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Borrowed from Spanish Ocampo, a topographic surname from Galician O Campo (“the field”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ocampo» (English), 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 44,254 people named Ocampo 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 16,621
Santa Fe 4,161
Córdoba 2,431
Misiones 2,315
Entre Ríos 2,077
City of Buenos Aires 1,908
Chaco 1,781
Corrientes 1,679

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

77 people named Ocampo live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 25
Vaud 16
Zurich 11
Ticino 9
Solothurn 7
Basel-Landschaft 3
Basel-Stadt 3
Neuchâtel 3

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 the Nordic population registers

59 people named Ocampo is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 59

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).

In print

Ocampo in American newspapers,
1909–1935.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Ocampo
The Caucasian 1909-04-18
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Ocampo
Le Messager 1935-04-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,233 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ocampo in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.

540 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ocampo. The most, 394, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 24
New South Wales 10
South Australia 3
Victoria 2
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ocampo.

Who carried it

People named Ocampo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gabriel Ocampo
    Gabriel Ocampo 1798–1882 · lawyer
  • Melchor Ocampo
    Melchor Ocampo 1814–1861 · lawyer
  • Manuel Ocampo Samanés
    Manuel Ocampo Samanés 1843–1905
  • Pablo Ocampo
    Pablo Ocampo 1853–1925 · lawyer
  • Manuel Silvio Ocampo
    Manuel Silvio Ocampo 1860–1931 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 127 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ocampo,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States247 records

247 records of the Ocampo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 171
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 47
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Egmedio Ocampo

    Born 1946; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Diosdado Ocampo

    Born 1925 in Philippine Islands. Enlisted 1946 at Sidney, Montana; laboratory technician from Montana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Teodoro Mendoza Ocampo

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 2001; buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 247 records for Ocampo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Ocampo name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Theresa Martha Ocampo

    Born 1948 in Arequipa (Pérou); died 1998 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Fermin Gerardo Ocampo

    Born 1927 in Argentina; died 1993 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Ocampo

    Born 1929 in Spain; died 1999 in Toulouges (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Ocampo in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

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