Campos Surname

390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,316,567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Campos Surname Definition:

Dweller in the fields; one who came from Campos, the name of several places in Spain.

Popular surname found in nearly all Spain. Over 70 towns, villages, or cities having Campos in all or part of names and located in all areas. Implies large amounts of land, extensive fields, or large campsites.

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Campos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil353,2851:60682
Mexico260,5811:47673
Peru98,0851:32445
United States81,8901:4,426492
Venezuela69,9241:43284
Spain69,0911:67762
Chile61,6691:28648
Argentina60,4241:70791
Costa Rica44,7071:10718
El Salvador39,4711:16132
Philippines31,0691:3,258238
Colombia27,0041:1,769346
Portugal26,0521:40069
Bolivia17,5601:605127
Nicaragua12,9571:465104
Cuba10,9631:1,051178
Ecuador8,6561:1,838325
Panama8,1001:48397
Guatemala7,7741:2,069336
Honduras6,9581:1,267253
France4,9381:13,4511,355
Dominican Republic3,8901:2,682357
Uruguay2,0021:1,714214
Canada1,3411:27,4763,650
Paraguay1,0231:7,074485
Saudi Arabia8351:36,9535,288
England7951:70,0868,071
Belize7151:49792
Puerto Rico5051:7,030418
Germany3941:204,32923,345
Angola3221:83,8172,306
Australia3111:86,80310,027
Switzerland2861:28,7164,384
Belgium2841:40,4816,618
Thailand2771:255,01243,365
Italy1851:330,57740,102
South Africa1751:309,58729,554
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Netherlands1591:106,20917,116
São Tomé and Príncipe1181:1,504205
India1141:6,728,644151,199
Guam1111:1,443203
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Luxembourg841:6,9111,047
Japan651:1,966,83527,587
Suriname641:8,6352,172
Sweden641:153,85610,752
Andorra591:1,421241
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Benin581:178,20017,490
Denmark581:97,3239,225
Norway531:97,02413,264
Israel461:186,03618,427
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
New Caledonia421:6,5771,478
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Mozambique391:699,0151,610
Ireland311:151,9016,891
Indonesia311:4,266,103213,470
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Pakistan281:6,380,13937,476
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Taiwan251:937,7906,555
China241:56,971,7323,099
Austria221:387,06540,442
Scotland211:254,94412,577
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Aruba181:5,749789
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Wales121:257,87814,969
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
East Timor91:135,103179
Finland91:610,74534,002
Guinea-Bissau91:192,002129
Egypt81:11,491,96962,263
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Macau61:100,272488
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Malta41:107,5681,849
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
British Virgin Islands31:10,531816
Ghana31:9,006,89723,626
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Sudan31:12,503,39814,123
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Dominica11:75,891912
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11:6,399357
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2071:242,60220,235

The alternate forms: Campós (4), Campòs (3), Campõs (1) & Çampos (1) are calculated separately.

Campos (3,928) may also be a first name.

Campos Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Dweller in the fields; one who came from Campos, the name of several places in Spain.

Popular surname found in nearly all Spain. Over 70 towns, villages, or cities having Campos in all or part of names and located in all areas. Implies large amounts of land, extensive fields, or large campsites.

"Campo" is much used in the sense of an army or coming from a camp occupied by an army.

Castilian name from land of Campos (Valladolid).

See Campa, Del Campo.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

In portuguese Campos means fields. One of the families known in Brazil and a popular last name Campos. Below is some information and trivia about this surname that, like most popular here, originated in Spain and Portugual.The Campos surname, like so many others, did not appear in Brazil, for a simple reason that Brazil was colonized and inhabited primarily by foreigners. Thus, the surnames come from other countries and end up gaining popularity since immigrants made Brazil their new home.This was a last name initially used by Portuguese and Spanish. It is classified as toponímico due to its geographical origin.His real origin is in Spain, where were the first fields that saw the fields of land (Campi Gotorum, Campos of the Goths) in palencia, León and Valladolid, and came to Portugal in the time of Ferdinand I (Sec. XIV).The last name Campo or Campos were given to individuals, families working in the fields.

- deboracampos

Campos Last Name Facts

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

Campos (Hindi: कमपोस, Marathi: पोस) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Campós, Campòs, Campõs or Çampos. Click here to see other potential spellings of Campos.

How Common Is The Last Name Campos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 390th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,535 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Campos live; 53 percent live in South America and 27 percent live in Luso-South America. Campos is also the 111,715th most commonly used first name globally, held by 3,928 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 353,285 people, or 1 in 606. In Brazil Campos is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 21 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 17 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in 146 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 20 percent are found and Peru, where 7 percent are found.

Campos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Campos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Campos surname expanded 39,560 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 39,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Campos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Campos last name are 42.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.92% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Campos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 2.2% less than the national average, earning €29,369 per year; in Norway they earn 7.7% less than the national average, earning 319,441 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.57% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,723 per year; in South Africa they earn 204.67% more than the national average, earning R 724,008 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.06% more than the national average, earning $24,078,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.59% less than the national average, earning $37,284 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning $48,100 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Campós944/
Campòs943/
Campõs941/
Çampos941/
Campois9243/
Campost9232/
Campous9227/
Campose9225/
Camposs9224/
Camppos9223/
Campoos9215/
Champos9212/
Caampos9210/
Dcampos927/
Campoys926/
Cammpos923/
Camphos923/
Campoes923/
Camnpos922/
Casmpos922/
Canmpos922/
Camposd921/
Camposc921/
Campuos921/
Scampos921/
Ccampos921/
Campo91131,567/
Camphous8616/
Campoy8313,645/
Campus835,793/
Campas835,060/
Compos83764/
Campoi83544/
Campot83477/
Campoz83418/
Campoo83307/
Zampos83195/
Canpos83184/
Campoa83146/
Kampos83133/
Sampos8347/
Campho8318/
Campàs8314/
Campod836/
Camppo836/
Campás834/
Campox833/
Ccampo833/
Campou832/
Campoc832/
Caampo831/
Camphouse80264/
Champoise801/
Campeheos801/
Campoid77185/
Champas77181/
Catimpo77147/
Tsampos7794/
Caumpoy7776/
Catempo7760/
Compois7752/
Kamposh7730/
Tzampos7728/
Khampos7719/
Campott7711/
Scampas7710/
Compose779/
Kamposs774/
Coumpos773/
Compost773/
Champus773/
Campush773/
Campase773/
Composs772/
Campass771/
Kampoos771/
Cannpos771/
Campoux771/
Seampos771/
Camporz771/
Jampois771/
Ziampos771/
Gkampos771/
D'Campo771/
Camphot771/
Samphos771/
Champousch751/
Campa7324,465/
Kampo738,933/
Compo733,365/
Cabos732,666/
Cavos7333/
Canpo7327/
Campà7325/
Campá735/
Campò732/
Campó731/
Camphuis71142/
Casimpoy7148/
Samphoss7117/
Choimpos7115/
Campasse7112/
Jeampois714/
Samphois713/
Kamphost713/
Champoix713/
Kamphois711/
Camphuss711/
Champoox711/
Kamposch711/
Sampoosh711/
Casimpas711/
Champhas711/
Kampoits710/
Campaz674,163/
Compas673,487/
Kampas671,113/
Campau67970/
Compoc67892/
Kampus67454/
Campaa67377/
Khampo67340/
Campat67302/
Sampas67296/
Kompos67292/
Jampas67275/
Zampas67222/
Compot67147/
Kampoo67112/
Kampoh67107/
Kamphouse6784/
Canpas6771/
Kampoš6762/
Zompos6758/
Kampoy6752/
Compoz6748/
Cabois6745/
Cabose6742/
Kampós6737/
Campuz6731/
Cavois6730/
Sanpos6729/
Compou6728/
Kampou6727/
Kampoa6726/
Kampho6720/
Compoy6718/
Campad6713/
Compoi6712/
Kampop6712/
Kanpos6711/
Kempos6710/
Caimpa677/
Compus676/
Campeu675/
Compoh674/
Cabots674/
Kampuo674/
Campôa674/
Campha674/
Kampoj673/
Canpoy673/
Canpus673/
Canpoz673/
Compoo673/
Cauvos672/
Kanmpo672/
Kampoi672/
Canpot672/
Conpos672/
Kampoc672/
Campah671/
Coumpo671/
Cianpotts671/
Commpo671/
Sompos671/
Kaimpo671/
Keampo671/
Kamposova671/
Caabos671/
Cámpoa671/
Campac671/
Campáz671/
Casbos671/
Cahmpa671/
Cavous670/

Campos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Campos in the Hindi language
कमपोसkamaposa-
Campos in the Marathi language
पोसposa40
पॉसposa40
कंपोसkamposa20

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