How common is the surname Camm?

502 people in the United States had the surname Camm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 615,031 Americans. It ranked 43,077th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Camm?

Sydney Camm, British aeronautical engineer (1893–1966).

Where is the surname Camm most common?

Wikidata records people named Camm in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Camm getting more or less common?

Less common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 502 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Camm

A surname, carried by 502 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Camm is more common than 73.5% of them.

Origin

* As an English and Norman surname, from Caen in Normandy. * Also as an English surname, named for the Cam river, from the Celtic root of Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”). This adjective also has surname derivatives from Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Kamm.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 502 people named Camm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 615,031 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

#43,077

rank among US surnames

502

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #40,552)

Who is named Camm

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Camm identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 3.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Camms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sydney Camm
British aeronautical engineer (1893–1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Camm

Camm has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Questions

Where does the surname Camm come from?: * As an English and Norman surname, from Caen in Normandy. * Also as an English surname, named for the Cam river, from the Celtic root of Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”). This adjective also has surname derivatives from Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Kamm.
How common is the surname Camm?: 502 people in the United States had the surname Camm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 615,031 Americans. It ranked 43,077th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Camm?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Camm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Camm?: Sydney Camm, British aeronautical engineer (1893–1966).
Where is the surname Camm most common?: Wikidata records people named Camm in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Camm getting more or less common?: Less common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 502 in 2010, down 1.2%.