Scamp Surname

558,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 569 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Scamp Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) Fugitive [from Old French esc(h)amper, to decamp; Latin ex, from, and camp-us, a field]

Scamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3521:158,29014,899
Australia1021:264,66424,097
United States1001:3,624,589201,936
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1541:158,28213,752
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Scamp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) Fugitive [from Old French esc(h)amper, to decamp; Latin ex, from, and camp-us, a field]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From a French or Belgian local name ending in camp (L. campus). Scampton is the name of a parish co. Lincoln. See also Losecamp.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Scamp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scamp is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scamp? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 558,412th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,807,638 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Scamp reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 352 people, or 1 in 158,290. In England Scamp is primarily concentrated in: Kent, where 47 percent reside, Essex, where 18 percent reside and Merseyside, where 8 percent reside. Beside England Scamp occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Scamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scamp has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Scamp surname expanded 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 294 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scamp Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Scamp surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Scamp earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.83% less than the national average, earning $42,789 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schamp912,134/
Scamps91142/
Scampe912/
Camp8951,169/
Samp891,983/
Schaump8331/
Schcamp831/
Schampp831/
Schampf831/
Schhamp830/
Dcamp80124/
Campf8097/
Samph8034/
Camph8020/
Skamp8015/
Scomp8011/
Campp805/
Cammp805/
Ceamp803/
Sambp801/
Saump801/
Sampf800/
Caump800/
Sammp800/
Seamp800/
Schomp73366/
D'Camp733/
Schanp732/
Schamb732/
Sahamp731/
Åskamp731/
Samb6785,385/
Somp671,065/
Camb67115/
Sanp6762/
Jamp6744/
Zamp6729/
Canp678/
Comp673/

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