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    The surname Camper

    A surname, carried by 3,476 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C516

    Camper: #9,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Camper #9,357, 3,476 people Camper: #9,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Camper #9,357, 3,476 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Camper is more common than 94.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,476 people named Camper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,822 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,198.

    #9,357
    rank among US surnames
    3,476
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,352)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,350Hepburn3,47988,745
    #9,352McCammon3,47888,771
    #9,355Acord3,47788,797
    #9,357Devault3,47688,822
    #9,361Mundt3,47588,848
    #9,365Callison3,47488,873
    #9,366Wear3,47388,899

    Who is named Camper

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

    58% of people named Camper identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Camper

    Camper has the Soundex code C516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Camper?
    3,476 people in the United States had the surname Camper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,822 Americans. It ranked 9,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Camper?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Camper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Camper getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,476 in 2010, up 8.7%.