Campbell Family History
Campbell Name Meaning
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.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
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Campbell
Name Distribution of Campbell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Campbell families
 2,423 - 4,843  808 - 2,422 |
 1 - 807  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Campbell families
|
1,926 - 3,849 643 - 1,925 |
1 - 642 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Campbell families
|
5,587 - 11,171 1,863 - 5,586 |
1 - 1,862 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Campbell Family Origin
Campbell Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Campbell
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Campbell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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