Campson Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

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

Campson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Campson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:4,166,195223,594
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland201:221,49310,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Campson (17) may also be a first name.

Campson Last Name Facts

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

Campson is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Campson.

How Common Is The Last Name Campson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Campson live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 4,166,195. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 32 percent live, Maryland, where 25 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.

Campson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Campson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Campson surname grew 483 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Campson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Campson last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the party.

The amount Campson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 36.9% more than the national average, earning R 325,320 per year and in United States they earn 25.87% more than the national average, earning $54,312 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 Campson
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