# Cable (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cable/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,545 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,716 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,346 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (9,551 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cable in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cable in the United States.

## People named Cable

- George Washington Cable, American novelist (1844–1925)
- Bill Cable, American actor (1946-1998)

## Similar surnames

Coble, Cabello, Cabell, Cobble, Cauble, Caple, Capel, Chappell, Coppola, Copley, Chapple, Cavallo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.