Càmpbell

surname · Latin script

Càmpbell is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Panama it is the 66th most common surname. Recorded meaning: * As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 861(measured from records)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 5.7K
  • ARArgentina1 in 59K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

386,157 people, 2010

Sources
291 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 434 (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Campbell in US United States, AR Argentina, PA Panama and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Càmpbell: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Càmpbell
  1. Scottish GaelicCaimbeul(measured from records)
  2. Scottish Gaelic rootcam“crooked”(measured from records)
  3. Scottish Gaeliccam“crooked”(measured from records)
  4. MacCathmhaoil“son of Cathmhaol”(measured from records)

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). * As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell. * As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above. * (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.

Sources 6

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
  • Scottish Surnames
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Càmpbell counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Càmpbell is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—386,1571 in 861386KCampbell291
GY Guyana—1,7301 in 4341.7K——
BR Brazil—1,3621 in 155K1.4K—1
CR Costa Rica#2858941 in 5.7K894Campbell50
AR Argentina—7711 in 59K771Campbell76
GD Grenada—2311 in 490231——
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines—2121 in 478212——
KN St. Kitts & Nevis—351 in 1.5K35——
PA Panama#66———Campbell43

386,157 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Càmpbell is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname47 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Korean

    Also written Campbell, Camp-Bell, Campbell', Çampbell, Ćampbell

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Càmpbell under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Càmpbell mean, and where does it come from?
* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and 4 other sources.
In which country does Càmpbell have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 386 thousand people named Càmpbell, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled campbell.
Where is Càmpbell most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Càmpbell is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 434 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Càmpbell?
In the United States, the national register counted 386,157 people named Càmpbell in 2010, about 1 in 861 residents.
How common is Càmpbell compared with other names?
In Panama, Càmpbell is the 66th most common surname of 39,844 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Càmpbell” — the 66th most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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