The surname Gamet
A French surname, carried by 553 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G530
Origin
French origin
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.
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 553 people named Gamet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 482.
Who is named Gamet
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Gamet identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
- Two or more races 4.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gamet
Gamet has the Soundex code G530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G530.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Gamet come from?
- 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.
- How common is the surname Gamet?
- 553 people in the United States had the surname Gamet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. It ranked 39,717th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gamet?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Gamet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Gamet getting more or less common?
- More common. 482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 553 in 2010, up 15%.