How common is the surname Kampa?

1,019 people in the United States had the surname Kampa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kampa?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kampa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kampa?

Keenan Kampa, American actress and dancer.

Where is the surname Kampa most common?

Wikidata records people named Kampa in the United States.

Is the surname Kampa getting more or less common?

More common. 1,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Kampa

A surname, carried by 1,019 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kampa is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

From the Polish surname, variant of Kępa.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,019 people named Kampa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,007.

#24,531

rank among US surnames

1,019

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #23,514)

Who is named Kampa

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

94% of people named Kampa identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kampas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Keenan Kampa
American actress and dancer, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kampa

Kampa has the Soundex code K510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K510.

Questions

Where does the surname Kampa come from?: From the Polish surname, variant of Kępa.
How common is the surname Kampa?: 1,019 people in the United States had the surname Kampa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kampa?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kampa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kampa?: Keenan Kampa, American actress and dancer.
Where is the surname Kampa most common?: Wikidata records people named Kampa in the United States.
Is the surname Kampa getting more or less common?: More common. 1,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 1.2%.