# Gamet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gamet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 553 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 558,310 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (482 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Gamet, a pet form of the personal name Gamo, which is probably based on the Proto-Germanic lemmas *gamaną (“pleasure, joy”) or *gamalaz (“old, weak”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Gamet.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gamet 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 11% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Similar surnames

Gant, Gandy, Gantt, Gandhi, Gaunt, Giunta, Gent, Ghent, Gauntt, Guinto, Gonda, Giannetti.

## 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.