Ocampo is a surname of Galician origin. It derives from a common Galician toponym meaning 'the field', from the Galician definite article o (masculine singular) + campo 'field' (Latin campus), or a habitational name, from a town of the same name in Lugo, Galicia.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 25.2% of all known bearers of the surname Ocampo were residents of the Philippines (frequency 1:1,207), 21.9% of Mexico (1:1,697), 21.9% of Colombia (1:653), 10.6% of Argentina (1:1,204), 5.7% of the United States (1:18,945), 2.0% of Paraguay (1:1,079), 1.8% of Peru (1:5,388), 1.7% of Ecuador (1:2,862), 1.6% of Nicaragua (1:1,150), 1.2% of Honduras (1:2,217), 1.1% of Bolivia (1:2,818), 1.1% of Costa Rica (1:1,334) and 1.0% in Spain (1:14,442).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:14,442) in the following autonomous communities: Galicia (1:3,702) Community of Madrid (1:9,796) Canary Islands (1:9,987) Balearic Islands (1:10,045) Cantabria (1:13,558) Asturias (1:14,245)
In Colombia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:653) in the following departments:Ocampo surname distribution Caldas Department (1:118) Quindío Department (1:147) Risaralda Department (1:165) Antioquia Department (1:286) Valle del Cauca Department (1:337)
People Adriana Ocampo (born 1955), American planetary geologist Ambeth Ocampo (born 1961), Filipino historian, academic, journalist, and author Carlos Ocampo (born 1995), Mexican boxer David Samanez Ocampo (1866–1947), President of Peru in 1931 Ed Ocampo (1938–1992), Filipino basketball player and coach Galo Ocampo (1913–1985), Filipino heraldist and painter Hernando R. Ocampo (1911–1978), Filipino painter and national artist Jahir Ocampo, Mexican diver José Antonio Ocampo (born 1952), Professor at Columbia University and former Minister of Finance of Colombia Juan Antonio Ocampo (born 1989), Mexican footballer Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926–1993), Mexican Catholic archbishop and cardinal Louie Ocampo (born 1960), Filipino composer Luis Moreno Ocampo (born 1942), Argentine lawyer and chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Miles Ocampo (born 1997), Filipina actress Miguel Ocampo (1922–2015), Argentine painter and diplomat Melchor Ocampo (1814–1861), Mexican lawyer, scientist and liberal politician Mónica Ocampo (born 1987), Mexican footballer Octavio Ocampo, Mexican painter and sculptor Satur Ocampo (born 1939), Filipino politician, journalist and writer Sebastián de Ocampo, 16th-century Spanish explorer of Cuba Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993), Argentine poet and writer, sister of Victoria Ocampo Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), Argentine writer and intellectual Yoel Ocampo(December, 2003) Mexican Producer Artist
See also
Ocampo (disambiguation)
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