The surname Gamel
A French surname, carried by 1,177 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G540
Origin
French origin
* As a German surname, variant of Gammel. * As a French surname, from the obsolete Old French gamel (“mess tin”).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,177 people named Gamel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,225.
Who is named Gamel
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Gamel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gamel
Gamel has the Soundex code G540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G540.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Gamel come from?
- * As a German surname, variant of Gammel. * As a French surname, from the obsolete Old French gamel (“mess tin”).
- How common is the surname Gamel?
- 1,177 people in the United States had the surname Gamel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. It ranked 22,026th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gamel?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gamel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Gamel getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,177 in 2010, down 3.9%.