Last Name CAMPBELL

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Meaning Crooked mouth - from cam, crooked, and beul, the mouth. The family can be traced to the beginning of the fifth century, and are said to have been possessed of Lochore in Argyleshire in the time of Fergus IT. Sir Colin Campbell of Lochore was called Sir Colin More, or great.
Wry-mouth, the man whose mouth inclined a little on one side; from 'cam,' crooked, distorted, and 'beul,' the mouth. This ancient family may be traced as far back as the beginning of the fifth century, and is said to have been possessed of Lochore, in Argyleshire, as early as the time of Fergus II. Sir Colin Campbell, of Lochore, flourished toward the end of the thirteenth century, and was called Sir Colin More, or Colin the Great. His descendants were called by the Irish McCallen, that is, the descendants of Colin.
Crooked mouth.
Origin Scottish, Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Jewish, Spanish, French, Native American, Chilean, Gaelic, Falkland, Ugandan, Austrian, Belgian, South african

Rank 43 (2000 US census) 46 (1990 US census)
Count 371,953 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.47%, or 284432 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.13%, or 71155 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 1599 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.65%, or 2418 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.67%, or 6212 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.65%, or 6137 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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