Camel is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Camel
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: The name is focused in the Ariege. There should designate one who is from Camel hamlet Esplas-de-Sérou (09), written Camelle on the map of Cassini. The place name has nothing to do with the camel (Occitan "camel"). It can be the name of Latin man Camelus, but rather consider a derivative of the root préromane "cam", a variant of "calm" (mountain plateau, moorland grazing).

How popular is Camel?

Camel is ranked 96163 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Camel bearers increased by 5.658199 per cent in 2010 US census to 915 since 2000, the surname slipped by 137 spots and ranked at 26630. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 51.15 54.97
White 32.68 32.56
Hispanic or Latino 8.31 7.74
Others 3.83 2.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5 2.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0
Camel is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guatemala is ahead in terms of density. Around 4398 people have been found who wears Camel as their family name. Camel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
38,459 New Zealand7
179,761 Australia6
119,732 Spain5
11,480 Japan4
2,113 Taiwan3
23,165 Romania3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
15,956 Venezuela3
28,232 Morocco2
2,835 Libya2
54,641 Sweden2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
82,478 South Africa2
3,871 Paraguay2
49,529 Israel1
16,640 Hong Kong1
42,479 Greece1
7,847 Albania1
123,175 Tanzania1
172,258 Germany1
15,705 Cameroon1
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,314 Bolivia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
5,872 Namibia1
24,176 Qatar1
1,572 Macau1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
12,270 Lebanon1
19,533 Uruguay1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,057 Myanmar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
43,662 Belgium30
2,101 China21
422,002 India20
69,202 Netherlands18
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
10,596 Colombia87
78,184 Italy67
134,581 Indonesia55
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Camel:
33,471 United States867
13,413 France698
8,811 Egypt613
11,594 Algeria536
2,540 Guatemala492
42,856 Brazil254
31,070 Turkey140
11,811 Peru128
27,127 Mexico105
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old workman Thomas Camel who was residing in Lough, Ireland migrated to New-York on May 15, 1846 by Virginian put out from Liverpool. Catherine Camel, aged 21, Bridget Camel, aged 14, Workman John Camel, Charles Camel (22) Workman, Immigrant Mary Camel, Workwoman Ann Camel, Ann Camel, aged 20, Immigrant Cicily Camel, are other Camel that migrated to US.

Comments

K
Kindra Dillman
 Camel is a surname which has designated in ancient Occitan camel, designating a person who has long legs.

Camel Namesakes

  • Marcelo Camelo, Composer
  • Brian Camelio, Musician
  • Marvin Camel, Boxer
  • Marvin Camel, Boxer
  • Varissa Camelia, Actress
  • Suzanne Camelia-Römer, Politician
  • Matthew Camelle, Actor
  • Mike Camello, Actor
  • Marcelo Camelo, Composer
  • Connie Camelo, Actor

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