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    The surname Kampe

    A German occupational surname, carried by 636 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K510

    Kampe: #35,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kampe #35,395, 636 people Kampe: #35,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kampe #35,395, 636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kampe is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, from several places with this name in Germany, from Kamp (“field”). * Also from the archaic noun Kamp (“serf, peasant farmer”), from Kamp (“field”). * Also as a German surname Kämpe, occupational name for a fighter, see Kampf.

    Kampe is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 636 people named Kampe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 485,449 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 650.

    #35,395
    rank among US surnames
    636
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,169)

    Who is named Kampe

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

    93% of people named Kampe identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kampe

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kampe come from?
    * As a German surname, from several places with this name in Germany, from Kamp (“field”). * Also from the archaic noun Kamp (“serf, peasant farmer”), from Kamp (“field”). * Also as a German surname Kämpe, occupational name for a fighter, see Kampf.
    How common is the surname Kampe?
    636 people in the United States had the surname Kampe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 485,449 Americans. It ranked 35,395th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kampe?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kampe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Kampe?
    Kampe is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kampe getting more or less common?
    Less common. 650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 636 in 2010, down 2.2%.