Kamps Surname

49,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kamps Surname Definition:

(English, German) The warrior or soldier; also an athlete or wrestler.

Kamps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,8071:16,7482,215
Netherlands2,5431:6,641754
United States2,4901:145,56615,028
Canada1851:199,16519,489
Thailand811:872,078137,928
Belgium591:194,85825,672
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Norway101:514,22941,629
England81:6,964,757184,742
Finland71:785,24338,644
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
France41:16,605,680368,153
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China21:683,660,78330,601
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1891:265,70721,729

The alternate forms: Kämps (1) are calculated separately.

Kamps (18) may also be a first name.

Kamps Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) The warrior or soldier; also an athlete or wrestler.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kamps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamps (Russian: Кампс) is most common in Germany. It may also appear as: Kämps. Click here for further potential spellings of Kamps.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamps? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 49,514th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 701,468 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Kamps are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kamps is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 4,807 people, or 1 in 16,748. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 71 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found and Berlin, where 3 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 24 percent are found.

Kamps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kamps has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,317 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kamps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kamps last name are 29.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.01% registered with the party.

The amount Kamps earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 82.14% more than the national average, earning 630,357 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 86.06% more than the national average, earning R 442,152 per year; in United States they earn 4.91% more than the national average, earning $45,269 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.45% more than the national average, earning $51,896 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kämps931/
Kampse915/
Kaemps914/
Kampss912/
Kampsz911/
Kampfs910/
Camps8017,983/
Kemps802,740/
Kambs8058/
Kampz8039/
Komps802/
Kanps801/
Kompst7344/
Campss7316/
Campse7315/
Kempfs734/
Khambs733/
Kampch731/
Keemps731/
Kempss731/
Campps731/
Kompsp731/
Kanpse731/
Kambse731/
Kainps731/
Kompsh730/
Kõps6715/
Kampche672/
Kompsch671/

Kamps Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kamps in the Russian language
Кампсkamps-

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