Kampson Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Kampson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kampson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Kampson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kampson is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kampson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Kampson occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kampson live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 69 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 31 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 46 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.

Kampson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kampson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kampson surname rose 108 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kampson Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kampson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.32% less than the national average, earning R 70,524 per year and in United States they earn 54.02% more than the national average, earning $66,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kampsen86537/
Campson86113/
Kompson8612/
Khampsan801/
Campsion800/
Compson71675/
Campsen7191/
Coompson67493/
Conpson571/
Compsom570/
Campshausen563/

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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 Kampson
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