How common is the surname Gable?

9,779 people in the United States had the surname Gable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,572 Americans. It ranked 3,634th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gable?

Clark Gable, American actor (1901–1960), followed by June Gable.

Where is the surname Gable most common?

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

How do you pronounce Gable?

Gable is /ˈɡeɪbəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gable getting more or less common?

More common. 9,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,779 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Gable

A surname, carried by 9,779 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡeɪbəl/ 2 syllables Soundex G140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gable is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,779 people named Gable in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,572 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,421.

#3,634

rank among US surnames

9,779

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,466)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,625	Huey	9,800	31,505
#3,626	Clemente	9,797	31,514
#3,627	Lomax	9,789	31,540
#3,628	Reddick	9,785	31,553
#3,629	Chaffin	9,782	31,563
#3,630	Broyles	9,781	31,566
#3,631	Lucio	9,780	31,569

Who is named Gable

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

90% of people named Gable identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gables

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clark Gable
American actor (1901–1960)
June Gable
American actress, born 1945
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, born 1986

Notable Gables come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gable

Gable has the Soundex code G140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G140.

Questions

Where does the surname Gable come from?: * As an English surname, related to the noun gable. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Gabel. Also see Göbel and Goebel.
How common is the surname Gable?: 9,779 people in the United States had the surname Gable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,572 Americans. It ranked 3,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gable?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gable?: Clark Gable, American actor (1901–1960), followed by June Gable.
Where is the surname Gable most common?: Wikidata records people named Gable in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Gable?: Gable is /ˈɡeɪbəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gable getting more or less common?: More common. 9,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,779 in 2010, up 3.8%.