How common is the surname Gemmill?

1,319 people in the United States had the surname Gemmill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. It ranked 20,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gemmill?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gemmill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Gemmill getting more or less common?

More common. 1,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,319 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Gemmill

A surname, carried by 1,319 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gemmill is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,319 people named Gemmill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,232.

#20,201

rank among US surnames

1,319

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,124)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,192	Ruppe	1,320	233,898
#20,201	Redington	1,319	234,075

Who is named Gemmill

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

95% of people named Gemmill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gemmill

Gemmill has the Soundex code G540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G540.

Questions

How common is the surname Gemmill?: 1,319 people in the United States had the surname Gemmill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. It ranked 20,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gemmill?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gemmill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Gemmill getting more or less common?: More common. 1,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,319 in 2010, up 7.1%.