Camplejohn Family History

Altered form of Camplion is a variant of Camplin. Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames suggests that this Norfolk family name migrated by the east coast sea trade to York.

There, an excrescent /s/ was sometimes inserted before the /i/ (i.e. *Camplesion), giving rise to pronunciations spelled Campleshon, Camplechon, and Camplegeon.

From York, the name spread into nearby villages in ER Yorks where it came to be spelled as though it ended in the given name John.