# Gamble (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gamble/  
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 Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 34,005 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,024 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,079 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (32,377 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gammell, Gemmell |

## Etymology

From the Old Norse byname gamall (“old”), which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gamble 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) | 57% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gamble in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Gamble

- Nathan Gamble, American actor (born 1998)
- Mason Gamble, American former exactor and current marine biologist
- James Sykes Gamble, British botanist (1847-1925)
- Fred Gamble, American racing driver (1932–2024)
- James Gamble, British co-founder of Procter & Gamble
- Robert J. Gamble, American politician (1851-1924)
- Sera Gamble, American television producer and writer
- Fred Gamble, actor (1868-1939)
- Julian Gamble, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Eliza Gamble, American writer
- Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (1798–1864)
- Kevin Gamble, American basketball player-coach

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Gambill, Gamblin, Gimbel.

## 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.