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Camel Surname Meaning

English (of Norman origin) and French: nickname from Norman French came(i)l ‘camel’ (from Latin camelus classical Greek kamēlos) possibly denoting a clumsy person or someone with long legs. It may also be a topographic or habitational name referring to a house with a sign depicting a camel (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English); compare 5 below.

English: possibly a habitational name from Queen Camel and West Camel in Somerset early recorded as Camel(le) possibly a Celtic name from canto- ‘border district’ and mēl ‘bare hill’.

English: variant of Campbell from an assimilated pronunciation. Americanized form of German Keimel.

Americanized form of German Camehl Kamehl or Kämmel cognates of 1 above applied as a habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a camel.

A common house sign in central Europe in the later Middle Ages.

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

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You can see how Camel families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Camel family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Camel families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 7 Camel families living in Nottinghamshire. This was about 21% of all the recorded Camel's in United Kingdom. Nottinghamshire had the highest population of Camel families in 1891.

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Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Camel life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Camel in 1945 was 36, and 73 in 2004.

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