Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The campbell Surname

campbell Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. The surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp.
  2. In New England documents, Campbell sometimes occurs as a representation of the French name Hamel.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

campbell Family Facts

Distribution of campbell Families in the US in 1920
Number of campbell families
 2423-4843
 808-2422		 1-807
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view campbell census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for campbell records.
  • You can see how campbell families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com.au’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search campbell census records.

More resources for your campbell family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources