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Early Origins of the Campo family

The surname Campo was first found in the city of Treviso, where earliest records date back to the year 1010, with Gerardo Campo.

Early History of the Campo family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Campo research. The years 1232, 1350, 1390, 1470, 1472, 1498, 1500, 1524, 1539, 1545, 1546, 1708, 1720, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1750, 1785, 1790 and 1816 are included under the topic Early Campo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Campo Spelling Variations

There are many variations of most of those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. Some of these come from regional differences, like the tradition of ending northern names in "o" and southern names in "i". Others come from inaccuracies in the recording process, which were extremely common in the eras before dictionaries standardized spelling. Some of the spelling variations of Campo are Campo, Campi, Campus, Campora, Càmpora, Càmpori, Campoli, Campori, De Campora, De Càmpora, Campetti, Campdelli, Campedel, Campolo, Campone, Camponi, Campaccio, Campacci, Campasso, Campassi, Campazzo, Campazzi, Campai, Campari, Campèr, Camperotto, Campieri, Campeggi, Campese, Campesi, Campesani, Campesàn, Campesato, Campise, Campiani, Campigli, Camporese, Camporesi, Campobasso, Campobassi, Campobello, Campodonico, Campolmi, Campolongo, Campiglia, Campolonghi, Campolungo, Campione and many more.

Early Notables of the Campo family

Prominent among members of the family was

  • Aldrighetto Campo of Trento, who was the Bishop of the city in 1232; Bonino da Campione, an Italian sculptor in the Gothic style, active between 1350 and 1390; Galeazzo Campi was a famous painter in C...

Campo Ranking

In the United States, the name Campo is the 8,851st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Campo is ranked the 5,524th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2


United States Campo migration to the United States +

An inquiry into the early roots of North American families reveals a number of immigrants bearing the name Campo or a variant listed above:

Campo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Francisco del Campo, who voyaged to Chile in the late 1500s and helped to pacify the native population there
  • Alvaro de Campo, who sailed to America in 1517
  • Blas de Campo, who sailed to America in 1526
  • Francisco de Campo, who sailed to Cartagena in 1534
  • Miguel de Campo Redondo,who sailed to Peru in 1537
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Campo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan Del Campo, who landed in America in 1809 3
  • Hernando De Campo, who arrived in America in 1814 3
  • Agustin Campo, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 3
  • Alvaro De Campo, who arrived in America in 1817 3
  • Ant Campo, aged 21, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1825 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Campo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Antonino Campo, aged 19, who landed in America from Venetico, in 1901
  • Antonino Campo, aged 26, who settled in America from Novara Sicilia, in 1902
  • Antonina Alfonsa Campo, aged 65, who landed in America from Valledolino, in 1903
  • Antonino Campo, aged 39, who settled in America from Alcamo, in 1905
  • Agostino Campo, aged 34, who immigrated to the United States from S. Boninna, Italy, in 1906
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

West Indies Campo migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4
Campo Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century
  • Pedro Del Campo, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1851 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Campo (post 1700) +

  • Wally Campo (1923-2023), stage name of Wallace Joseph Campodonico, an American actor, known for his appearances in Roger Corman and Burt Topper films, as well as for narrating The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
  • John P. Campo Sr (1938-2005), American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who has had 1,431 career wins
  • David Cross Campo (b. 1947), American football coach and former player
  • Bobby Campo (b. 1983), stage name of Robert Joseph "Bobby" Camposecco, an American actor, best known for playing the lead role as Nick O'Bannon in the 2009 horror film The Final Destination
  • Marcelo Campo (1957-2021), Argentine rugby union winger
  • Régis Campo (b. 1968), French composer from Marseille
  • Rafael Campo Pomar (1813-1890), El Salvador politician, President of El Salvador (1856-1858)
  • Pancho Campo (b. 1961), Chilean event organiser, former tennis professional, Captain of the Chilena Olympic Team in Barcelona 92 and Davis Cup Coach for the Qatar National Team
  • Iván Campo Ramos (b. 1974), Spanish retired footballer
  • Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, former President of Chile
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies


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