The Gama surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,513 people carried this name — #7,383 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 46% from 3,097 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 144 people named Gama live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Gama.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
90 people named Gama live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Gama,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vasco da Gama 1460–1525 · discoverer -
Cristóvão da Gama 1516–1542 · condottiero -
João de Saldanha da Gama 1674–1752 · military personnel -
Francisco de Saldanha da Gama 1723–1776 · Catholic priest -
Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama 1765–1847 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 113 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gama.
- Galvan 53,822 · U.S. census
- Galvani 215 · U.S. census
- Galves 466 · U.S. census
- Galvez 20,425 · U.S. census
- Galvin 11,882 · U.S. census
- Galy 140 · U.S. census
- Gamache 4,082 · U.S. census
- Gamas 220 · U.S. census
- Gamba 952 · U.S. census
- Gambardella 1,116 · U.S. census
- Gambert 110 · U.S. census
- Gambetta 262 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gama is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.