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Van%20camp Name Meaning

Dutch and Flemish: topographic name for someone who lived by an open field from Latin campus ‘plain uncultivated land’ or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word in particular the village of Camp in Flanders near Lille or Camp near Camperduin in the province of North Holland.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Van Dam, Van Dale, Van Ryn, Van Name, Vanderkamp, Van Kampen

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