# Gable (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,779 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,634 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,572 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (9,421 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡeɪbəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, related to the noun gable. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Gabel. Also see Göbel and Goebel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gable 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gable in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Gable

- Clark Gable, American actor (1901–1960)
- June Gable, American actress
- Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach (born 1948)
- Clark James Gable, American actor (1988-2019)
- Christopher Gable, British dancer and actor (1940-1998)
- Chas Betts, American professional and amateur wrestler

## Similar surnames

Goble, Gabel, Gobble, Goebel, Gobel, Gopal, Geibel.

## 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.