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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Campbell
- A characteristical surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times:But Perry, Cabrera and Campbell could hear the Masters bird choir tweeting (that’s 140 characters or less, ornithologically speaking) over the quiet of the gallery following them.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
- A city in Santa Clara County, California.
- A census-designated place in Osceola County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- A city in Dunklin County, Missouri.
- A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
- A town with hamlet and census-designated place therein, in Steuben County, New York.
- Former name of Kintyre, Emmons County, North Dakota.
- A city in Mahoning County, Ohio.
- A minor city in Hunt County, Texas.
- A town on a Mississippi island in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Campbell Township.
- A town in Northern Cape province, South Africa.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- (US, law, copyright law, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.. A 1994 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that commercial parodies can be subject to fair use.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Campbell is the 47th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 386,157 individuals. Campbell is most common among White (73.7%) and Black/African American (20.5%) individuals.
Noun
Campbell (plural Campbells)
- A British breed of domestic duck developed at Uley, in Gloucestershire, England, at the turn of the 20th century.
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