How common is the surname Cable?

9,545 people in the United States had the surname Cable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,346 Americans. It ranked 3,716th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cable?

George Washington Cable, American novelist (1844–1925), followed by Bill Cable.

Where is the surname Cable most common?

Wikidata records people named Cable in the United States.

Is the surname Cable getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,545 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Cable

A Norman surname, carried by 9,545 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cable is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,545 people named Cable in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,346 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,551.

#3,716

rank among US surnames

9,545

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,430)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,707	Wei	9,578	32,235
#3,708	Fulmer	9,570	32,262
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279
#3,711	Koehn	9,559	32,299
#3,712	Truitt	9,557	32,306
#3,713	Echeverria	9,552	32,323

Who is named Cable

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Cable identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cables

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cable

Cable has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cable come from?: Cable is Norman in origin.
How common is the surname Cable?: 9,545 people in the United States had the surname Cable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,346 Americans. It ranked 3,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cable?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cable?: George Washington Cable, American novelist (1844–1925), followed by Bill Cable.
Where is the surname Cable most common?: Wikidata records people named Cable in the United States.
Is the surname Cable getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,545 in 2010, down 0.1%.