Campbell is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Campbell
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

The Campbells' claim to a Norman origin is said to be unfounded. It is based upon the presumed existence of a Norman family called De Campo Bello. Scholar says that no such name is found, though the Beauchamps did most certainly so latinize themselves. The oldest spelling (that in Ragman Roll, A.D. 1296) is Cambel or Kambel. The two great branches of the family were distinguished as Mac-Arthur and Mac-Cailinmor. Skene, Scott. If the De Campo Bello theory were true, the name would be a synonym of Beauchamp and Fairfield. The name is deduced by Gaelic etymologists from cambeul (pronounced cam-pal) which means "crooked mouth." Whether the family be of Norman or of Gaelic origin, the clan bearing their name are the most numerous and powerful in the Highlands, and formerly, under their chiefs, the earls, marquises, and dukes of Argyle, they could muster 5000 fighting men, who were generally arrayed against the Stuart family. It is to their superior influence and power, and the dread of them by other clans, that we probably owe the disparaging proverb, "LIKE A CAMPBELL, EVER FAIR AND FALSE." By the Highlanders the clan Campbell are called "Clan Duine," and their chiefs have always been styled Mac Calean-Mohr (not Mac-Callum More as Sir Walter Scott has it,) i.e. "the son of Colin the Great," in memory of their distinguish ed ancestor, Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow, who in the XIII. century laid the foundation of the greatness of his family. This name is abundant in the province of Ulster. "It is somewhere recorded, that a Scotch regiment, quartered at Carrickfergus in the XVII. century, contained no less than 110 John Campbells."

Surname Campbell is the derivation of the Kamm. Dweller on the ridge or crest of a mountain.

One with a wry mouth, or, perhaps, arched lips. It has been suggested that the epithet was applied by neighboring clans on account of moral, rather than physical, defects.

A variation of Kimmell. One who produced and sold caraway seeds.

Wrymouth.

A form of the Cammel. Two parishes in county of Somerset. Somtimes a corruption of Campbell.

The variant form of the Camel. See Cammel - Two parishes in county of Somerset. Somtimes a corruption of Campbell.

How popular is Campbell?

Campbell is common in United States, Canada, England, Australia, Jamaica, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Wales, Guyana, Bahamas, Panama, Thailand, Brazil, Nigeria, Argentina, France, Germany, Nicaragua, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, Spain, Fiji, Chile, Barbados, Mexico, Vanuatu, Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Ecuador, Netherlands, Grenada, Namibia, Cayman Islands, Sweden, Venezuela, Honduras, Colombia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, Switzerland, Uruguay, Japan, Peru, Denmark, Bahrain, Isle of Man, Philippines, Jersey, India, Portugal, Bermuda, Norway.

Campbell is ranked 657 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Campbell bearers increased by 3.82 per cent in 2010 US census to 386157 since 2000, the surname slipped by 4 spots and ranked at 47. The last name was found in around 1 per thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.66 76.47
Black 20.47 19.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.49 1.65
Others 2.13 1.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.71 0.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.43
Campbell is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 828647 people have been found who wears Campbell as their family name. Campbell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Campbell:
41 United States492,653
Countries with ten thousands of Campbell:
12 Canada71,068
83 England63,135
26 Australia50,389
4 Jamaica41,322
4 Scotland38,926
1 Northern Ireland10,944
127 Sierra Leone10,509
662 South Africa10,267
Countries with thousands of Campbell:
147 Ireland5,703
38 New Zealand5,549
71 Trinidad and Tobago2,187
146 Wales2,009
41 Guyana1,767
57 Bahamas1,522
375 Panama1,419
6,282 Thailand1,336
6,315 Brazil1,306
Countries with hundreds of Campbell:
12,799 Nigeria822
4,614 Argentina780
12,951 France738
13,496 Germany736
662 Nicaragua706
756 Liberia693
6,666 Saudi Arabia676
450 Costa Rica641
6,687 Spain609
217 Fiji566
1,853 Chile489
163 Barbados475
6,643 Mexico428
148 Vanuatu393
1,755 Dominican Republic354
7,415 Zimbabwe319
1,716 Cuba314
4,771 Ecuador312
9,327 Netherlands311
62 Grenada308
1,669 Namibia281
33 Cayman Islands278
3,145 Sweden250
4,128 Venezuela245
1,082 Honduras241
5,017 Colombia229
114 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines209
42 Turks and Caicos Islands187
6,189 Switzerland182
2,210 Uruguay177
17,573 Japan171
9,436 Peru153
3,978 Denmark148
1,687 Bahrain147
65 Isle of Man147
70,840 Philippines146
75 Jersey132
142,720 India125
4,225 Portugal123
85 Bermuda114
6,954 Norway106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
174 Antigua and Barbuda97
102 Guernsey96
16,754 Malaysia96
19,444 Belgium85
209 United States Virgin Islands85
61,221 Italy83
981 China80
1,237 Solomon Islands75
861 Belize73
16,774 Austria71
1,905 Hong Kong70
1,936 Suriname70
7,015 Botswana61
476 Malta60
15,774 Israel57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
415 Guam49
10,632 Iraq47
34,142 Czechia42
1,284 Brunei40
43,754 Greece37
26,304 Benin31
213,470 Indonesia31
16,328 Finland29
14,967 Kuwait29
38,188 Papua New Guinea29
430 South Korea28
11,493 Ghana24
879 Saint Lucia24
638 Aruba23
12,026 Afghanistan22
1,456 Iceland22
11,611 Singapore21
26,783 Ivory Coast20
5,175 Luxembourg20
23,187 United Arab Emirates20
48,087 Egypt18
10,971 Haiti18
3,723 Oman18
5,325 Cyprus16
483 Gibraltar16
10,901 Lebanon16
16,023 Qatar16
37,235 Hungary15
112,031 Poland14
501 Saint Kitts and Nevis13
313 British Virgin Islands12
370 Gambia11
2,636 Vietnam11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
42,693 Kenya10
434 Monaco9
307 Tonga9
8,246 Tunisia9
6,946 Angola8
95,036 Kazakhstan8
7,503 Cambodia7
123 Montserrat7
1,961 American Samoa6
37,744 Bulgaria6
126,814 Cameroon6
708 Cook Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joseph Campbell was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 12, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Ottowa from Liverpool. Workwoman Bridget Campbell, Andrew Campbell (19) Workman, Bridget Campbell, aged 20, Patk. Campbell (21) , 18 years old Ann Campbell, 21 years old Mary Campbell, Mary Campbell, aged 10, Margaret Campbell (20) Dressmaker, and 1417 other Campbell around 43.78% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and dressmaker, mechanic, shoemaker, spinster, printer, carpenter, matron, clerk, cabinet maker, seamstress, mason, painter, weaver, blacksmith, waiter, merchant, baker, watchmaker, spinner, joiner, tailoress migrated to US.

From Germany

Jacob Campbell worked as tailor and hailed from Germany. 27 years old embarked for USA from London on Margaret Evans and arrived on September 24, 1852. Dun-- Campbell (41), John. Campbell (15), 36 years old Burney Campbell, Jus. Campbell (22) Laborer, 25 years old Margr. Campbell, H D Campbell (30) Tourist, H. Campbell, R. Campbell (25), 37 years old Richard Campbell, Far--- Campbell (19) Gentleman, and 5 other Campbell majority of whom were laborer and others worked as tourist migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool & Queenstown, Glasgow, Bremen & Southampton and Rotterdam.

Campbell Namesakes

  • Mrs Patrick Campbell, English stage actress
  • John McLeod Campbell, Scottish minister and Reformed theologian
  • Enrique Bátiz Campbell, Mexican conductor and concert pianist
  • William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer
  • Phoebe Campbell, Canadian woman
  • Cora Campbell, Canadian water polo player
  • John Francis Campbell, renowned Scottish author and scholar
  • A. Y. Campbell, classical scholar, translator
  • Vanessa Campbell, cabaret, blues
  • Bartley Campbell, American playwright of the latter 19th century
  • Jo Ann Campbell, American pop singer
  • Kareem Campbell, professional skateboarder
  • Lord Frederick Campbell, Scottish nobleman and politician
  • W. J. Campbell, (May 5, 1885 – 1949
  • Ffyona Campbell, English long distance walker
  • Milton Campbell, former track and field athlete
  • Leon Campbell, American astronomer
  • Olive Dame Campbell, American folklorist
  • Edna Campbell, breatheandstretch
  • Reginald John Campbell, British Congregationalist and Anglican divine
  • Harold Campbell, British soldier
  • Lew Campbell, pioneer rancher
  • Clifford Campbell, ON, GCMG, GCVO, K.St
  • Allen Campbell, zookeeper and elephant trainer and handler
  • E. S. Campbell, honored World War II veteran of the United States Merchant Marine
  • Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, American academic specializing
  • Elspeth Campbell, wife of the former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell
  • Thomas Hardesty Campbell, Cumberland Presbyterian minister
  • Reginald Campbell, British writer and former Naval officer in WWI then an assistant forest manager in Siam
  • Carla Campbell, fashion model represented by IMG in New York
  • Archibald James Campbell, Australian civil servant
  • Tina Campbell, Northern Irish television presenter and journalist
  • Angus Peter Campbell, Scottish award-winning poet, novelist, journalist
  • Cleveland Campbell, English actor
  • Henry Colin Campbell,
  • Archibald George Campbell, Australian orchardist and amateur ornithologist
  • Marion May Campbell, contemporary Australian novelist and academic
  • Lord William Campbell, was
  • James Hepburn Campbell, Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • William M. Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S.
  • Mark Mitchell Campbell, barnstormer, movie stunt man
  • Thomas Edmund Campbell, C.B.
  • Liza Campbell, artist, calligrapher, columnist and writer,
  • Joseph A. Campbell, founder of Campbell's Soup
  • Alexander Buchanan Campbell, Scottish architect
  • John Saxton Campbell, seigneur and businessman in Lower Canada
  • Douglas Houghton Campbell, American botanist and university professor
  • Donald T. Campbell, American social scientist
  • Lyle Campbell, American scholar and linguist
  • Frederick F. Campbell, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer
  • Donald Campbell, British speed record breaker
  • Joseph Campbell, American Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College
  • John W. Campbell, John Wood Campbell Jr

Campbell Namesakes

  • Mrs Patrick Campbell, English stage actress
  • John McLeod Campbell, Scottish minister and Reformed theologian
  • Enrique Bátiz Campbell, Mexican conductor and concert pianist
  • William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer
  • Phoebe Campbell, Canadian woman
  • Cora Campbell, Canadian water polo player
  • John Francis Campbell, renowned Scottish author and scholar
  • A. Y. Campbell, classical scholar, translator
  • Vanessa Campbell, cabaret, blues
  • Bartley Campbell, American playwright of the latter 19th century
  • Jo Ann Campbell, American pop singer
  • Kareem Campbell, professional skateboarder
  • Lord Frederick Campbell, Scottish nobleman and politician
  • W. J. Campbell, (May 5, 1885 – 1949
  • Ffyona Campbell, English long distance walker
  • Milton Campbell, former track and field athlete
  • Leon Campbell, American astronomer
  • Olive Dame Campbell, American folklorist
  • Edna Campbell, breatheandstretch
  • Reginald John Campbell, British Congregationalist and Anglican divine
  • Harold Campbell, British soldier
  • Lew Campbell, pioneer rancher
  • Clifford Campbell, ON, GCMG, GCVO, K.St
  • Allen Campbell, zookeeper and elephant trainer and handler
  • E. S. Campbell, honored World War II veteran of the United States Merchant Marine
  • Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, American academic specializing
  • Elspeth Campbell, wife of the former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell
  • Thomas Hardesty Campbell, Cumberland Presbyterian minister
  • Reginald Campbell, British writer and former Naval officer in WWI then an assistant forest manager in Siam
  • Carla Campbell, fashion model represented by IMG in New York
  • Archibald James Campbell, Australian civil servant
  • Tina Campbell, Northern Irish television presenter and journalist
  • Angus Peter Campbell, Scottish award-winning poet, novelist, journalist
  • Cleveland Campbell, English actor
  • Henry Colin Campbell,
  • Archibald George Campbell, Australian orchardist and amateur ornithologist
  • Marion May Campbell, contemporary Australian novelist and academic
  • Lord William Campbell, was
  • James Hepburn Campbell, Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • William M. Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S.
  • Mark Mitchell Campbell, barnstormer, movie stunt man
  • Thomas Edmund Campbell, C.B.
  • Liza Campbell, artist, calligrapher, columnist and writer,
  • Joseph A. Campbell, founder of Campbell's Soup
  • Alexander Buchanan Campbell, Scottish architect
  • John Saxton Campbell, seigneur and businessman in Lower Canada
  • Douglas Houghton Campbell, American botanist and university professor
  • Donald T. Campbell, American social scientist
  • Lyle Campbell, American scholar and linguist
  • Frederick F. Campbell, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer
  • Donald Campbell, British speed record breaker
  • Joseph Campbell, American Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College
  • John W. Campbell, John Wood Campbell Jr

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