The surname McCampbell
A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,435 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M251
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Patronymic formation from Campbell.
McCampbell is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,435 people named McCampbell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,493.
Who is named McCampbell
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named McCampbell identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 75%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
McCampbell has the Soundex code M251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M251.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McCampbell come from?
- Patronymic formation from Campbell.
- How common is the surname McCampbell?
- 1,435 people in the United States had the surname McCampbell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. It ranked 18,994th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McCampbell?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named McCampbell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is McCampbell?
- McCampbell is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McCampbell getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,435 in 2010, down 3.9%.