Gambino is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gambino
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Italy
Meaning: The name is very common in Sicily, particularly in Palermo. It is also found in northern Italy (Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy). Derived from the Italian gamba (= leg), it may designate one who has small legs. It is the plural form Gambini throughout the northern half of Italy and Corsica. Other Alternative: Gambin (Veneto).

How popular is Gambino?

Gambino is common in Italy.

Gambino is ranked 21434 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gambino bearers increased by 4.530745 per cent in 2010 US census to 5168 since 2000, the surname slipped by 217 spots and ranked at 6558. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.34 90.96
Hispanic or Latino 8.73 6.55
Gambino is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 24100 people have been found who wears Gambino as their family name. Gambino is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
46,707 New Zealand5
59,967 Moldova4
30,723 Georgia3
23,165 Romania3
67,494 South Africa3
6,353 Panama2
14,408 Uruguay2
24,766 Scotland2
54,135 Philippines2
12,161 Wales2
11,736 Lithuania2
20,186 Kenya2
19,046 Ireland2
723,167 Indonesia2
30,360 Thailand1
53,033 Nigeria1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
24,460 Armenia1
3,243 Suriname1
42,479 Greece1
3,993 El Salvador1
25,721 Egypt1
510 East Timor1
2,877 Cuba1
19,810 Croatia1
7,110 Bosnia1
7,941 Guatemala1
16,640 Hong Kong1
49,529 Israel1
5,589 Sudan1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,678 Singapore1
2,309 Monaco1
40,340 Malaysia1
6,967 Macedonia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,046 Japan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,444 Portugal28
137,305 Ukraine26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,061 Spain92
26,687 Belgium59
10,614 Denmark54
Countries with hundreds of Gambino:
6,717 Mexico811
13,161 France710
20,574 Brazil620
22,254 Germany471
4,654 Venezuela376
20,671 England253
17,294 Canada211
6,581 Switzerland180
20,033 Australia126
8,109 Chile117
9,561 Colombia105
109,297 Russia104
Countries with thousands of Gambino:
6,152 United States6,342
1,950 Argentina2,434
Countries with ten thousands of Gambino:
561 Italy10,873
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Gambino worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 35 years old embarked for USA from Naples on Martha and arrived on May 11, 1888. A.Maria Gambino, Alberto Gambino, aged 40, Alessandro Gambino (22) Laborer, Laborer Alessandro Gambino, Alessandro Gambino (50) Laborer, Alfonso Gambino (17) Tailor, 5 years old Angela Gambino, Angelo Gambino, aged 22, and 96 other Gambino around 42.22% of whom were laborer while others worked as country man and farmer, seamstress, peasant, shoemaker, barber, baker, housewife migrated to US from Naples, Havre, Undefined Code, Gibraltar & Naples and Genoa.

Comments

T
Thalia Huneke
 Gambino is an Italian family name, short for gamba, that is to say little leg, nickname of a man little legs.

Gambino Namesakes

  • Carlo Gambino, Boss
  • Thomas Gambino, Mobster
  • Carlo Gambino, Boss
  • Lu Gambino, Football player
  • Carlo Gambino, Boss
  • Cataldo Gambino, Soccer player
  • Deja Gambino, Musical Artist
  • Filipa Gambino, Film editor
  • Gaspare Gambino, Carlo Gambino's brother
  • Thomas Gambino, Mobster
  • In 0 crime film, Sympathy for the Devil, Giovanni Gambino played Sal Torrent.

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