# Cammack (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,334 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,127 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 132,282 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (2,181 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Reduced form of McCammack. * Variant of Cammock, a habitational surname. * From Old English cammoc (“hog fennel, sulphurwort”), a nickname for a prickly person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cammack 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cammack in the United States.

## People named Cammack

- Kat Cammack, American politician (born 1988)

## Similar surnames

Camacho, Chang, Chung, Cheng, Cheung, Chong, Chance, Chiang, Coons, Ching, Comeaux, Canas.

## 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.