# Cameron (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cameron/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 55,240 |
| US rank (2010) | 614 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,589 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (52,439 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæm(ə)ɹən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Kameron, Camron, Camryn, Kamryn |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cameron in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cameron in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Kingdom of Denmark, Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Cameron

- Dove Cameron, American actress and singer-songwriter
- Candace Cameron Bure, American actress, producer, author, and talk show panelist, as well as star on "Full House
- Kirk Cameron, American actor
- Cody Cameron, American director and storyboard artist
- Matt Cameron, American drummer
- Geoff Cameron, American soccer player
- Kenneth D. Cameron, American astronaut
- Samantha Cameron, British business executive (born 1971)
- Simon Cameron, American businessman and politician (1799–1889)
- Earl Cameron, British actor (1917–2020)
- J. Donald Cameron, American politician (1833–1918)
- Debbie Cameron, American singer

and 23 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Camarena, Conran.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.