Cable

in the US

There are 7,312 people with the last name "Cable" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Cable 3,791
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  1. is 3,787th most common Benavidez
  2. is 3,788th most common Paine
  3. is 3,789th most common Cintron
  4. is 3,790th most common Geer
  5. is 3,791st most common Cable
  6. is 3,792nd most common Himes
  7. is 3,793rd most common Weimer
  8. is 3,794th most common Lemay
  9. is 3,795th most common Samples

Similar Names and Nicknames

Coble, Caple, Cabler, Cables, Cabla, Cibley, Capley, Cuble, Cablayan, Cubley

Most Common First Names for Cable

John, Robert, James, David, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Jennifer



Meaning & History

English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Anglo-Norman French cable ‘cable’ (Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).

English: possibly from an Old English personal name, Ceadbeald.

English: metonymic occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal ‘horse’.

From German Göbel (see Goebel), assimilated to the English name.


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