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cam Name Meaning and History

  1. Vietnamese: unexplained.
  2. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Caen in Calvados, France (see Cain).
  3. English: habitational name from Cam in Gloucestershire.
  4. Czech (Cam): from the personal name Camir.

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Distribution of cam Families in the US in 1920
Number of cam families
 10-17
 4-9
 1-3
 0
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Cam family, Egham, Surrey or Berkshire, England magpie29 0

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