Camphor Surname

468,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 717 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Camphor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Camphor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3841:943,90370,502
South Africa3001:180,59219,818
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England91:6,190,895170,599
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1561:321,91525,142

Camphor (10) may also be a first name.

Camphor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Camphor occurs most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Camphor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 468,873rd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 10,163,941 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Camphor are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 10 people.

The surname Camphor is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 943,903. In The United States it is mostly found in: Maryland, where 60 percent live, Mississippi, where 5 percent live and Oklahoma, where 4 percent live. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 42 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Camphor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Camphor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Camphor last name expanded 246 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Camphor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Camphor last name are 27.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.08% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Camphor earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 25.1% less than the national average, earning R 177,996 per year and in United States they earn 16.47% less than the national average, earning $36,042 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 Camphor
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