How common is the surname DeCamp?

2,601 people in the United States had the surname DeCamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,703 Americans. It ranked 12,005th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DeCamp?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named DeCamp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DeCamp?

L. Sprague de Camp, American non- and speculative fiction writer, followed by Rosemary DeCamp.

Where is the surname DeCamp most common?

Wikidata records people named DeCamp in the United States.

Is the surname DeCamp getting more or less common?

More common. 2,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,601 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname DeCamp

A surname, carried by 2,601 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D251

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeCamp is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,601 people named DeCamp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,703 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,587.

#12,005

rank among US surnames

2,601

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,232)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,998	Byram	2,603	118,611
#12,003	Ehlert	2,602	118,657
#12,005	Jaber	2,601	118,703
#12,009	Donlon	2,600	118,748
#12,012	Szeto	2,599	118,794

Who is named DeCamp

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

90% of people named DeCamp identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DeCamps

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

L. Sprague de Camp
American non- and speculative fiction writer, 1907–2000
Rosemary DeCamp
American actress (1910–2001)
Joseph DeCamp
American artist (1858-1923)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DeCamp

DeCamp has the Soundex code D251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D251.

Questions

How common is the surname DeCamp?: 2,601 people in the United States had the surname DeCamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,703 Americans. It ranked 12,005th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DeCamp?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named DeCamp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DeCamp?: L. Sprague de Camp, American non- and speculative fiction writer, followed by Rosemary DeCamp.
Where is the surname DeCamp most common?: Wikidata records people named DeCamp in the United States.
Is the surname DeCamp getting more or less common?: More common. 2,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,601 in 2010, up 0.5%.