Gammel Surname
Approximately 2,848 people bear this surname
Gammel Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gamel,' a once popular but now forgotten North-English personal name (v. Freeman, Norman Conq. ii. 477). It is compounded with many local names. The modern accepted surname form is Gamble and Gambles, the 6 being intrusive after m, as in Gambling, which see.
Read More About This SurnameGammel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,242 | 1:291,835 | 27,061 |
| Germany | 957 | 1:84,123 | 10,609 |
| Russia | 264 | 1:545,921 | 49,289 |
| Canada | 151 | 1:244,011 | 23,241 |
| Denmark | 69 | 1:81,807 | 7,949 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 280 | 1:179,352 | 15,996 |
Gammel (31) may also be a first name.
Gammel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gamel,' a once popular but now forgotten North-English personal name (v. Freeman, Norman Conq. ii. 477). It is compounded with many local names. The modern accepted surname form is Gamble and Gambles, the 6 being intrusive after m, as in Gambling, which see. Cammell is without question the same name.
Walter le Gamel, 6 Henry II: Whitaker's Craven.
Gamel de Sandford, 32 Henry II: Nicolson and Burn, History of Westmorland and Cumberland.
Gamel de Clifton, 1197: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
Gamel de Penred, 1190: ibid.
Huttred fil. Gamelli, Northumberland, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Allan fil. Gamel, Salop, ibid.
Gamal Dele, Close Rolls, 3 Edward I.
Adam Gamal, Close Rolls, ibid.
Adam fil. Gamel: West's Ant. of Furness.
Gamele de Pennington: ibid.
Elena Gamyll, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Henricus Gamyll, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Gamyll, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Gamolson, 1379: ibid.
The local Gambswell (i.e. Gatnel's well), in the parish of Ulverston; also Gamblesby in Cumberland may relate to this name.
John Gamble and Anne Beck, 1673: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gamel'; v. Gamble.
Gamel occurs both in Domesday and in the H.R. In the latter ' Fils Gamel' is also found. Anglo-Saxon gamol or gamel, old, aged. It is compounded with some Domesd. names, as Gamel-bar, ' old bear'-Gamel-carle, 'old male,'-both in co. York. Gamblesby in Cumberland, probably derived its name from a Danish proprietor.
Lower says, "Gamel occurs both in Domesday and in the H.R. In the latter ' Fitz Gamell is also found. Anglo-Saxon gamol or gamel, old, aged ... Gamblesby, in Cumberland, probably derived its name from a Danish proprietor." Gamla is the name of a town of Finland. Gamble may however be corrupted from the name Gumboil, which see.
Thomas Gamble was vicar of Wroxham in 1719; and John Gayford was bailiff of Yarmouth in 1689 (Bl.).
Gammel Demographics
Average Male Gammel Height
179.25 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gammel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gammel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gammel (Russian: Гаммель) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gammel? popularity and diffusion
Gammel is the 154,193rd most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,558,829 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Gammel reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gammel is also the 1,874,099th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 31 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,242 people, or 1 in 291,835. In The United States Gammel is most numerous in: Colorado, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Arkansas, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 34 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.
Gammel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gammel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gammel surname rose 444 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gammel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gammel last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (89%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Gammel surname are 14.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.76% being registered with the party.
The amount Gammel earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $42,340 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.94% less than the national average, earning $43,752 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gammel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gammel in the Russian language | ||
| Гаммель | gammel | - |
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