Gámbaro

surname · Latin script

Meaning: lobster; shrimp

Gámbaro is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 241K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 270K
  • UYUruguay1 in 34K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gambaro in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, US United States and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

lobster; shrimp

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gámbaro counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gámbaro is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈1,100 est.≈1 in 56K1Gambaro20
BR Brazil7831 in 270K783Gambaro54
US United States2951 in 1.1M295Gambaro43
AR Argentina1891 in 241K189Gambaro39
FR France≈140 est.≈1 in 483K20——
UY Uruguay991 in 34K99Gambaro8
PR Puerto Rico≈33 est.≈1 in 97K—Gambaro3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gámbaro is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Italy

    Also written Gambaro, Gâmbaro

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy

    Languages: English, Swahili, German

    Also written Gambaro, Gâmbaro

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gámbaro under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gámbaro mean, and where does it come from?
lobster; shrimp Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Gámbaro have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Gámbaro in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gambaro.
Where is Gámbaro most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gámbaro is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 34 thousand people — even though Italy holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gámbaro?
In Brazil, the national register counted 783 people named Gámbaro, about 1 in 270 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gámbaro”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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