Last Name GAMBLE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Gamel, a once popular but now forgotten North-English first name. It is compounded with many local names. The later accepted surname form is Gamble and Gambles, the 'b' being intrusive after 'm,' as in Gambling.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank 981 (2000 US census) 799 (1990 US census)
Count 32,377 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 59.63%, or 19306 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 35.93%, or 11633 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.4%, or 130 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.89%, or 288 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.68%, or 544 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.47%, or 476 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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