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The surname Gamber

A surname, carried by 1,503 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G516

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gamber is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,503 people named Gamber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,420 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,474.

#18,423
rank among US surnames
1,503
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2%
change since 2000 (was #17,582)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,423Pilot1,503205,420
#18,431Goggans1,502205,556

Who is named Gamber

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

94% of people named Gamber identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gamber

Gamber has the Soundex code G516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G516.

Questions

How common is the surname Gamber?
1,503 people in the United States had the surname Gamber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,420 Americans. It ranked 18,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gamber?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gamber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gamber getting more or less common?
More common. 1,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,503 in 2010, up 2.0%.