van Kamp Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Kamp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1651:102,34716,582
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

van Kamp Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Kamp is most common in The Netherlands. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 1,101,507th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. van Kamp occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Kamp live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 102,347. In The Netherlands van Kamp is most common in: North Holland, where 22 percent reside, South Holland, where 20 percent reside and Gelderland, where 16 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

van Kamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Kamp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Kamp last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Camp885,895/
van Kemp8841/
von Kamp8829/
van Campe82132/
van Camps8213/
von Kampe820/
Van-Camp7531/
von Kemp7511/
van Camb750/
von Campe7150/
Van-Camps717/
von Kempf714/
van Combs591/
van Coombs561/

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van Kamp Reference & Research

Van_Camp FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 van Kamp
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis