Kamm, Kamp is a German or Jewish surname, from the German word for "comb", most likely a metonymic occupational surname for a comb maker, or a wool comber.Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Kamm is also an alternative form of the surname Kam, Kahm, Cam, Cahm (קם), from Middle High German kâm "mould".Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, Eva H. Guggenheimer, Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary (1992), p. 380.
Notable people with the surname include: Wunibald Kamm (1893–1966), automotive engineer, known for the Kamm tail Willie Kamm (1900–1988), baseball player Antony Kamm (1931–2011), English publisher and writer. Frances Kamm (b. c. 1948), American philosopher William Kamm (b. 1950), leader of a Catholic sect John Kamm, American businessman and human rights activist Oliver Kamm (b. 1963) British writer Kris Kamm (b. 1964), American actor John Kamm (entrepreneur) (b. 1971) Anat Kamm (b. 1987), Israeli journalist involved in the Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair
See also
Roter Kamm crater References