Campos
A common Spanish and Portuguese surname meaning “fields,” often originally a place name or a family from open country.
The #323 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 3,212 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Campos is the plural of Spanish and Portuguese campo, meaning “field,” “open country,” or “countryside,” from Latin campus, “plain” or “field.” As a surname, it could identify someone who lived by fields, came from a place called Campos, or belonged to a family associated with a rural location. In some cases it may also reflect medieval naming practices that turned place names into hereditary surnames.
History
The name is especially common in Spain and Portugal and spread widely through Iberian and later Latin American populations. Historical sources also show it used in noble and local lineages, sometimes as part of compound surnames like Barba de los Campos. In modern usage it is one of the better-known Hispanic surnames in the Americas.
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Fun fact
The underlying word campo is the same source as English words like “camp” and “campaign,” all ultimately tied to the idea of an open field.
From the historical record
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— Diccionario de los apellidosNotable people named Campos
- Jorginho (b. 1964)
- César Sampaio (b. 1968)
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