The GEMMELL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,384	18425	0.001	5
United States (1880 census)	132	25894	0	3
Change since 1880	+1252	+7469	+N/A	+2
Other Countries
Australia	458	3472	0.003	28
United Kingdom	2,605	2372	0.006	57

Top States for GEMMELL by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	214	11573	0.001	6
Pennsylvania	157	9246	0.001	13
Washington	85	8216	0.001	14
Connecticut	80	5567	0.002	23
New York	79	22582	0.000	4
Top States for GEMMELL by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Connecticut	80	5567	0.002	23
Vermont	10	7891	0.002	16
Alaska	10	9687	0.002	16
Washington	85	8216	0.001	14
Pennsylvania	157	9246	0.001	13

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GEMMELL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GEMMELL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GEMMELL in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GEMMELL by picking someone at random in Connecticut than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GEMMELL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GEMMELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GEMMELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GEMMELL in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	42	3.03
Mixed Race	14	1.01
Native American/Alaskan	9	0.65
White (Caucasian)	1,315	95.01
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GEMMELL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to GEMMELL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GEMMELL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.