Explore the Family Name Gambone

The meaning of Gambone

Italian: from an augmentative of Gamba. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Caesar, Ciro, Domenic, Domenico, Erminio, Nunzie, Pasquale, Reno, Rocco, Sal, Santi.

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How common is the last name Gambone in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Gambone slightly declined between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gambone was ranked 32,161st in terms of the most common surnames in the United States, while in 2010, it slipped to the 33,856th position, reflecting a change of -5.27 percent. The count of people bearing this surname also dipped from 676 in 2000 to 672 in 2010, marking a decrease of -0.59 percent. Additionally, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 individuals dropped by -8.0 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,161	#33,856	-5.27%
Count	676	672	-0.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gambone

For the ethnicity associated with the surname Gambone, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the vast majority identified as white both in 2000 and 2010, though there was a slight percentage decrease from 97.78 percent to 96.73 percent. Over the same time period, the proportion of people with this surname who identified as having two or more races decreased by -37.29 percent from 1.18 percent to 0.74 percent. Interestingly, no individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, the data recorded a new emergence of Hispanic identity among individuals with this surname, growing to 1.93 percent in 2010 from none in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.78%	96.73%	-1.07%
Hispanic	0%	1.93%	0%
Two or More Races	1.18%	0.74%	-37.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%