Kamp is a Dutch and Low German surname. With the meaning "camp" (for any isolated cultivated piece of land) it can be toponymic of origin, but the name also originated as a patronymic, from the Germanic given name Kampe ("warrior; combatant"). Other, less common origins have also been documented. [1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. ^ Kamp at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
  2. ^ Kamp Name Meaning, at ancestry.com, sourced from the Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2013