Gamache surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gamache surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,082 people carried this name — #8,126 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,068).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Gamache.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Aisne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Aisne 63
Yvelines 21
Nord 16
Somme 14
Paris 11
Oise 8
Val-d’Oise 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 21 people named Gamache live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 21

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Gamache in American newspapers,
1859–1922.

Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Gamache
The St. Louis Republic 1901-01-03
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Gamache
Daily National Intelligencer 1859-11-14
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Gamache
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1922-03-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,866 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gamache,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcel Gamache
    Marcel Gamache 1913–1995 · humorist
  • Joseph Omer Gamache 1896–1942 · Catholic priest
  • Cécile Grondin-Gamache 1930–2018 · painter
  • Janine Gamache 1931–2025 · painter
  • Raymond-Marie Gamache 1937–2001 · Catholic priest
  • André Gamache 1940– · computer scientist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gamache.

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