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The Gamel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,177 people carried this name — #22,026 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,225 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gamel surname

Gamel: a surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gamel» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 489 people named Gamel.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Moselle 96
Aveyron 73
Cantal 52
Tarn-et-Garonne 44
Ardèche 38
Var 31
Paris 25
Rhône 13

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

Who carried it

People named Gamel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adèle Gamel
    Adèle Gamel d. 1889 · painter
  • Pierre Gamel 1889–1966 · politician
  • Marie Gamel 1896–1990 · activist
  • Hatem Gamel 1971– · actor
  • Christophe Gamel 1972– · association football coach
  • Mat Gamel 1985– · baseball player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gamel is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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