Gaál

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡaːl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gaál is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habitational name from a place so named in the province of North Brabant.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 6.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 27K
  • NONorway1 in 62K

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.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
89 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

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 Gaal in US United States, NL Netherlands, SE Sweden.

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)

habitational name from a place so named in the province of North Brabant.

Sources 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaál 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 Gaál is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#147≈1,400 est.≈1 in 6.8K—Gaál89
US United States—8841 in 376K884Gaal68
NL Netherlands—6441 in 27K644Gaal4
SE Sweden—1461 in 70K146Gaal5
NO Norway—881 in 62K88——
SI Slovenia—271 in 78K27—3

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

Gaál is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Gaal, Ga'Al, Gäal, Gáal, Gäål

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Gaàl, Gäal, Gaal

  • Spanish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gaal, Gäål, Gäal, Gãål, Gããl

  • Croatian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Netherlands

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Gaal, Gáal, Гаал

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Gaal

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Netherlands, Canada

    Also written Gaal, Ga'Al, Gaàl, Gàal

12 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Sándor Gaál, b. 1885Béla Gaál, b. 1893Olivér Gaál, b. 1899Franciska Gaal, b. 1901János Gyulai Gaál, b. 1924István Gaál, b. 1933Erzsi Gaál, b. 1951Károly Gaál, b. 1954Miklos Gaál, b. 1974Miklós Gaál, b. 1981

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalTisztelt Gaál!Dear Gaál, (English)
InformalTisztelt Gaál!Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gaál mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name from a place so named in the province of North Brabant. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Biblical Names Compiled Database.
How do you pronounce Gaál?
A machine transcription gives /ɡaːl/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
In which country does Gaál have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Gaál in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaál.
How common is the name Gaál?
In the United States, the national register counted 884 people named Gaál in 2010, about 1 in 376 thousand residents.
How common is Gaál compared with other names?
In Hungary, Gaál is the 147th most common surname of 88,284 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Gaál” — the 147th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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