Ocampo is a surname of Galician origin.[1] It derives from a common Galician toponym meaning 'the field', from the Galician definite article o (masculine singular) + campo 'field' (Latin campus), or a habitational name, from a town of the same name in Lugo, Galicia.

Geographical distribution

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As of 2014, 25.2% of all known bearers of the surname Ocampo were residents of the Philippines (frequency 1:1,207), 21.9% of Mexico (1:1,697), 21.9% of Colombia (1:653), 10.6% of Argentina (1:1,204), 5.7% of the United States (1:18,945), 2.0% of Paraguay (1:1,079), 1.8% of Peru (1:5,388), 1.7% of Ecuador (1:2,862), 1.6% of Nicaragua (1:1,150), 1.2% of Honduras (1:2,217), 1.1% of Bolivia (1:2,818), 1.1% of Costa Rica (1:1,334) and 1.0% in Spain (1:14,442).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:14,442) in the following autonomous communities:

In Colombia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:653) in the following departments:[2]

People

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ocampo". Genealogía y Heraldica (in Spanish). Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Ocampo surname distribution