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    The surname Gamblin

    A surname, carried by 2,228 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G514

    Gamblin: #13,600 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gamblin #13,600, 2,228 people Gamblin: #13,600 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gamblin #13,600, 2,228 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gamblin is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,228 people named Gamblin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,575 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,234.

    #13,600
    rank among US surnames
    2,228
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,698)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,593Maser2,230138,451
    #13,597Ealey2,229138,513
    #13,600Gamblin2,228138,575
    #13,603Cassity2,227138,637

    Who is named Gamblin

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

    82% of people named Gamblin identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gamblin

    Gamblin has the Soundex code G514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G514.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gamblin?
    2,228 people in the United States had the surname Gamblin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,575 Americans. It ranked 13,600th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gamblin?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Gamblin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gamblin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,228 in 2010, down 0.3%.