Ocampo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Noble surnames, such as Ocampo, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Ocampo, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.

Early Origins of the Ocampo family

The surname Ocampo was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Ocampo family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ocampo research. Another 98 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1242, 1508, 1784 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Ocampo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ocampo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Campos, Campo, de Campos, de Campo, del Campo, Camps, Campillo, del Campillo, Ocampo, de Ocampo, Campa and many more.

Early Notables of the Ocampo family

Prominent among members of the family

were Sebastián de Ocampo, a Spanish navigator and explorer who is generally believed to have been the first navigator to have circumnavigated the island of Cuba, in 1508 and is credited with the disco...
sixteenth century historian Florián de Ocampo
nineteenth century Mexican politician Melchor Ocampo

Ocampo Ranking

In the United States, the name Ocampo is the 2,790^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1

Ocampo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ocampo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso de Ocampo, who sailed to America in 1527
Esteban de Ocampo, who sailed to Peru in 1534
Juan de Ocampo, who sailed to New Granada in 1555

Ocampo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan De Ocampo, who landed in America in 1812 2
Alonso De Ocampo, who arrived in America in 1827 2
Esteban De Ocampo, who landed in Peru in 1834 2
Francisco De Ocampo, who arrived in New Granada in 1855 2
Benjamin Ocampo, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1857 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Ocampo (post 1700) +

Alexander De Ocampo, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004 (alternate), 2008 3
Victor de la Cruz Ocampo (1952-2023), Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Gumaca from 2015 until his death
Luis Gabriel Moreno Ocampo (b. 1952), Argentine lawyer and the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Mónica Ocampo Medina (b. 1987), Mexican professional footballer
José Antonio Ocampo Gaviria (b. 1952), Colombian-born, Professor of Professional Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, former United Nations Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (2003-2007)
Jahir Ocampo Marroquinn, Mexican bronze medalist diver at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
David Samanez Ocampo (1866-1947), 74th President of Peru in 1931
Diether Pascual Ocampo (b. 1976), Filipino actor, singer and model
Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979), Argentine writer and intellectual
Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993), Argentine poet and short-fiction writer
... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html