Cameron Family History
Cameron Name Meaning
as a Highland clan name it is from a nickname from
Gaelic cam ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ + sròn ‘nose’.in
the Lowlands it is also a habitational name from any of various places
called Cameron, especially in Fife.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Cameron Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cameron families
 320 - 638  107 - 319 |
 1 - 106  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cameron families
|
436 - 870 146 - 435 |
1 - 145 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cameron families
|
2,420 - 4,837 807 - 2,419 |
1 - 806 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cameron Family Origin
Cameron Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cameron
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Cameron Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cameron census records
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Cameron Civil War Service Records
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