Explore the Family Name Gemmill

The meaning of Gemmill

Scottish (Glasgow): variant of Gamble.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Gemmill has seen a slight decrease in its popularity between 2000 and 2010, moving from rank 20,124 to rank 20,201. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals with the Gemmill surname increased by approximately 7 percent over the same period, from 1,232 people in 2000 to 1,319 people in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by about 2 percent, indicating that while the Gemmill family grew in number, it did not keep pace with the overall growth of the U.S. population.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,124	#20,201	-0.38%
Count	1,232	1,319	7.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.45	-2.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gemmill

The ethnic identity associated with the Gemmill surname also changed between 2000 and 2010, as shown by the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with the Gemmill surname identified as White, but this proportion declined slightly from 95.29 percent in 2000 to 94.69 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as Hispanic saw significant growth, increasing by 57.55 percent over the decade. The representation of multiple races within the Gemmill family also grew, albeit at a smaller rate of 7.55 percent. The data also showed a small emergence of Asian/Pacific Islanders within the Gemmill family, which was previously absent in 2000. Conversely, the proportion of American Indian and Alaskan Natives within the Gemmill family decreased by 16.17 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.29%	94.69%	-0.63%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.35%	1.97%	-16.17%
Hispanic	1.06%	1.67%	57.55%
Two or More Races	1.06%	1.14%	7.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.53%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%