Ocampo (surname)

Ocampo is a surname of Galician origin.^[1] 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.

The surname is most prevalent in the Philippines, as the 20th most common surname, but also common in Latin American nations, especially Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. ^[2] In Spain, the surname is common in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia and among foreigners.^[3]

People

• Ambeth Ocampo (born 1961), Filipino historian, academic, journalist, and author
• David Samanez Ocampo (1866–1947), President of Peru in 1931
• Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo (1771–1840), Argentine general and politician
• 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
• Luis Moreno Ocampo (born 1942), Argentine lawyer and chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
• 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
• See also

Look up Ocampo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Ocampo (disambiguation)

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