Campa

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Campa is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name132 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Thailand, Bangladesh, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Thai

  Also written Champa, Chanpa, চম্পা, Champu, Chapa

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Čampa, Campá, Campā, Campà

• Vietnamese surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Campà

• Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Spain, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Campá

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Campà

• Italian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Switzerland

  Also written Campà, Campã

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Campa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Galician, sarcophagus or tomb lid; horizontal tombstone

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, third-person singular past historic of camper

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In nci, Whither; where to.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, camp, go camping

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In tro, dagger

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Pio Campab. 1881ITItalian actor (1881-1964)
• Valentín Campab. 1904MXMexican politician (1904–1999)
• Miranda Campab. 1914ITSwiss-born Italian actress and voice actress (1914–1989)
• Aurelio Campab. 1933ESSpanish association football player (1933-2020)
• Cesare Campab. 1943ITItalian politician
• Joe R. Campab. 1961USUnited States Navy sailor
• José Manuel Campab. 1964ESSpanish economist
• Felipe Campab. 1979MXMexican boxer
• Christian de la Campab. 1981MXMexican actor
• Marlyn Campab. 1994MXMexican association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Campa mean, and where does it come from?

S. American people Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.

How do you pronounce Campa?

A machine transcription gives /kampa/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Campa have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Campa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled campa.

Where is Campa most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Campa is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 6.8 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Campa?

In the United States, the national register counted 5,709 people named Campa in 2010, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.