Gammon is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gammon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gammon

How popular is Gammon?

Gammon is common in Canada.

Gammon is ranked 41247 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gammon bearers increased by 2.837448 per cent in 2010 US census to 6415 since 2000, the surname slipped by 269 spots and ranked at 5428. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.42 89.96
Black 7.26 6.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.57
Others 1.79 0.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.45
Gammon is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 11832 people have been found who wears Gammon as their family name. Gammon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,206 Trinidad and Tobago8
90,215 Germany3
14,078 Japan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
50,640 Switzerland2
147,165 Czech Republic2
219,873 France2
18,718 Thailand2
91,784 Netherlands2
20,595 China2
897,276 Russia1
9,498 Iceland1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,586 Honduras1
7,941 Guatemala1
153,416 Italy1
28,746 Algeria1
47,891 Norway1
34,581 Chile1
58,885 Poland1
36,814 Romania1
56,169 Mexico1
4,942 Libya1
16,228 Bulgaria1
7,790 Zambia1
717 Bhutan1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
344,912 India28
63,662 Spain26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
50,826 Zimbabwe19
15,050 Singapore18
14,048 Ireland16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,953 Scotland72
104,075 Brazil64
11,434 New Zealand57
Countries with hundreds of Gammon:
6,673 Australia433
39,199 Philippines258
1,600 Wales248
24,304 South Africa237
1,793 Jamaica143
Countries with thousands of Gammon:
5,418 United States7,299
4,202 England1,775
4,274 Canada1,055
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old workman Peter Gammon who was residing in Co.Cavan, Ireland migrated to Baltimore on May 16, 1846 by Eliazbeth put out from Liverpool. Farmer James Gammon, Catherine Gammon, aged 20, Servant Martin Gammon, Patk. Gammon, aged 20, Workman Edward Gammon, Thomas Gammon (22) Workman, Margaret Gammon, aged 17, Michael Gammon, aged 32, and 7 other Gammon around 58.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Gammon Namesakes

  • Peter Gammond, Writer
  • Danyll Gammon, Troy Tulowitzki's wife
  • Peter Gammons, Media personality
  • Kendall Gammon, Football player
  • Kevyn Gammond, Guitarist
  • Kevyn Gammond, Guitarist
  • James Gammon, Actor
  • Peter Gammons, Media personality
  • James Gammon, Actor
  • James Gammon, Actor

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