The surname Cam
A surname, carried by 1,300 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex C500 Also a first name
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,300 people named Cam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 978.
Who is named Cam
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
57% of people named Cam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 57%
- White (not Hispanic) 25%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Cam has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.
Questions
- How common is the surname Cam?
- 1,300 people in the United States had the surname Cam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. It ranked 20,434th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cam?
- In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Cam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cam getting more or less common?
- More common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,300 in 2010, up 33%.
- Is Cam also a first name?
- Yes. Cam is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.