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Camp Ranking

In the United States, the name Camp is the 1,067th most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. 1


Camp migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Camp Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Nicholas Camp who settled in New Haven in 1630
  • Nicholas Camp, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630 2
  • William Camp, who landed in Maryland in 1657 2
  • William Camp, who landed in Virginia in 1663 2
  • Gilbert Camp, who landed in Maryland in 1668 2
Camp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John Camp, who landed in North Carolina in 1748 2
  • Daniel Camp, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1749 2
  • Icabod Camp, who arrived in New England in 1752 2
  • Michael Camp, who landed in South Carolina in 1752 2
  • Martin Camp, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Camp Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ellen Camp, who arrived in New York, NY in 1845 2
  • Christian Camp, who arrived in Iroquois County, III in 1868 2
  • Daniel, James, John, Joseph, Thomas Camp, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1875

Camp migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Camp Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Mr. Abiar Camp Jr., U.E. born in Connecticut, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783 3
  • Mr. Abiar Camp Sr., U.E. born in Connecticut, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783 3
  • Mr. Abiathar Camp Jr., U.E. (b. 1757) born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA from New Haven, Connecticut, USA who settled in Parr Town [Saint John], New Brunswick c. 1783, Lots 25, Prince William Saint W. and 992 north side Queen Square member of the Navel Service, married to Mary Chidester they had 8 children he attended Yale College before withdrawing in 1775 he died in 1841 Waterborough, Queen's County, New Brunswick 3
  • Mr. Abiathar Camp Sr., U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 3
  • Mr. Eldad Camp U.E. born in Connecticut, USA who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Camp migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Camp Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. William Camp, (Camps), (b. 1779), aged 40, English farm labourer who was convicted in Essex, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Dromedary" on 11th September 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4
  • Mr. Samuel Camp, English convict who was convicted in London, England for life, transported aboard the "Chapman" on 6th April 1824, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 5
  • Mrs. Charlotte Camp who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Burrell" on 31st December 1831, arriving in New South Wales 6
  • John Camp, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "David Malcolm" in 1847 7
  • Andrew Camp, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Princess Royal" in 1848 8
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Camp (post 1700) +

  • Joseph S. "Joe" Camp Jr. (1939-2024), American motion picture director and writer who is best known as the creator and director of the Benji films
  • Dean Fleischer Camp, American film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor. He created the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing at the 38th Independent Spirit Awards and Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards
  • Laurie Smith Camp (1953-2020), American jurist, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (2018-2020)
  • John N. Happy Camp, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1972 9
  • John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891), American lawyer and planter
  • Jeremy Thomas Camp (b. 1978), American three-time Music Award nominated and Grammy Award nominated Christian musician and songwriter
  • Helen Page Camp (1930-1991), American actress
  • Howard Lee "Howie" Camp (1893-1960), American Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees in 1917
  • Gregory Dean "Greg" Camp (b. 1967), American Grammy Award-nominated songwriter, guitarist and vocalist
  • Donald E. Camp (b. 1940), American artist, photographer, and professor of photography at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania
  • ... (Another 85 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

USS Indianapolis
  • Garrison Frank Camp (1917-1945), American crew member on board the ship "USS Indianapolis" when she was on a top secret trip for the first nuclear weapon, she was sunk by Japanese Navy on 30th July 1945, he was one of the many who were killed in the sinking due to exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning and shark attacks 10


Suggested Readings for the name Camp +

  • Camp, Jones, and Related Families of Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Points West by Nell Jones Carter.
  • John Steel Camp and His Descendants by Paul W. Camp and Paul K. Camp.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
  4. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/dromedary
  5. Convict Records of Australia. Retreived 26th January 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/chapman
  6. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 5th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/burrell
  7. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) DAVID MALCOLM 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847DavidMalcolm.htm
  8. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) PRINCESS ROYAL 1848. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848PrincessRoyal.htm
  9. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  10. Final Crew List, retrieved 2021, October 30th Retrieved from https://www.ussindianapolis.com/final-crew


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