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There are approximately 4,260 people named Camp in the UK. That makes it the 2,452nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 67 are named Camp.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Cham
Campe
Campa
Campas
Campau
Cam
Came
Camm
Kemp
Caemp
Caempe
Cammp
Campb
Campaa
Campea
Caimpi
Campai
Campbe
Campay
Campao
Cammps
Cammpa
Caampo
Campaz
Cahmpeau
Campby
Campaeu
Campeao
Campaw

The Camp surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CAMP. Aluric Camp or Campa Avas a Domesd. tenant in the eastern counties. Kelham supposes that he was a champion ; but he had held under Edward the Confessor, and, as Ellis observes, the offtce of champion does not occur so early. It is doubtless connected with Kemp, which see. In Selkirkshire, camj) still means " brisk, active, spirited." Jamieson.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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