How common is the surname Gimbel?

1,412 people in the United States had the surname Gimbel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. It ranked 19,223rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gimbel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gimbel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gimbel?

Norman Gimbel, American lyricist of popular songs, television, and movie themes (1927-2018).

Where is the surname Gimbel most common?

Wikidata records people named Gimbel in the United States.

Is the surname Gimbel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,412 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Gimbel

A surname, carried by 1,412 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gimbel is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,412 people named Gimbel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,419.

#19,223

rank among US surnames

1,412

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,112)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,223	Townsel	1,412	218,658
#19,229	Beehler	1,411	218,813

Who is named Gimbel

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

95% of people named Gimbel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gimbels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Gimbel
American lyricist of popular songs, television, and movie themes (1927-2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Gimbel

Gamble

Gimbel 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 Gimbel?: 1,412 people in the United States had the surname Gimbel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. It ranked 19,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gimbel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gimbel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gimbel?: Norman Gimbel, American lyricist of popular songs, television, and movie themes (1927-2018).
Where is the surname Gimbel most common?: Wikidata records people named Gimbel in the United States.
Is the surname Gimbel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,412 in 2010, down 0.5%.