Campbells Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Campbells Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Campbells Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:15,102,456529,929
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Campbells Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Campbells Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Campbells has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Campbells? popularity and diffusion

The last name Campbells is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Campbells live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Campbells is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 15,102,456. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Alabama, where 17 percent live, Tennessee, where 13 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Campbells Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Campbells has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Campbells surname expanded 240 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Campbells Last Name Statistics demography

Campbells earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.54% less than the national average, earning $14,438 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Campbells
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