van Camp Surname

82,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,895 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Camp Surname Definition:

(Dutch) Dweller at, or in, the field.

van Camp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4,3251:2,658240
United States8541:424,42536,716
Canada2581:142,81214,673
France1291:514,90571,423
Netherlands1241:136,18720,959
Australia1091:247,66722,912
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
England71:7,959,723202,100
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7291:68,8877,467

van Camp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) Dweller at, or in, the field.

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

van Camp Last Name Facts

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

van Camp is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Camp? popularity and diffusion

van Camp is the 82,247th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,236,225 people. The surname van Camp occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of van Camp reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Camp is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 4,325 people, or 1 in 2,658. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

van Camp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Camp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Camp surname expanded 117 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 30 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Camp Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Camp earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.62% less than the national average, earning R 34,164 per year; in United States they earn 79.47% more than the national average, earning $77,439 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.36% more than the national average, earning $53,338 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Campe94132/
van Camps9413/
van Kamp88222/
Van-Camp8831/
van Camb880/
von Campe8250/
Van-Camps827/
van Kemp7541/
von Kamp7529/
van Combs711/
von Kampe710/
van Coombs671/
von Kemp6311/
von Kempf594/

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van Camp Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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