The Gambino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,168 people carried this name — #6,558 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,944 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gambino surname
From gamba (“leg”) + -ino (diminutive suffix), a nickname for someone with small legs.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gambino» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,068 people named Gambino 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 227 people named Gambino.
Most of them — 169 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
157 people named Gambino live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 64 people named Gambino 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 Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gambino in American newspapers,
1909–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 300 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gambino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Gambino 1890–1968 · screenwriter -
Carlo Gambino 1902–1976 · criminal -
Sharo Gambino 1925–2008 · writer -
Agostino Gambino 1933–2021 · politician -
John Gambino 1940–2017
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 63 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gambino.
- Gamba 952 · U.S. census
- Gambardella 1,116 · U.S. census
- Gambert 110 · U.S. census
- Gambetta 262 · U.S. census
- Gambie 133 · U.S. census
- Gambini 252 · U.S. census
- Gamblin 2,228 · U.S. census
- Gamboa 19,577 · U.S. census
- Gambs 174 · U.S. census
- Gamby 353 · U.S. census
- Game 405 · U.S. census
- Gamel 1,177 · U.S. census
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