Gaehl

surname · Latin script

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6Mas Gahl(measured from records)
  • SCSeychelles≈1 in 23Kas Gahl
  • DEGermany≈1 in 219Kas Gahl

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gaehl itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈370 named Gahl, est.

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Seychelles, est., as Gahl

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GahlLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Gahl in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 4 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaehl 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 Gaehl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈370 est.≈1 in 219KlistedGahl39
US United States—214as Gahl1 in 1.6M242Gahl128
NG Nigeria—≈180 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Gahl2
ZA South Africa—≈58 est.≈1 in 976K—Gahl5
GB United Kingdom—≈34 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Gahl6
AT Austria—≈21 est.≈1 in 415K—Gahl12
SC Seychelles#671≈4 est.≈1 in 23K—Gahl1

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gaehl 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

In which country does Gaehl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 367 people named Gahl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Gaehl?
In the United States, the national register counted 214 people named Gahl in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
How common is Gaehl compared with other names?
In the Seychelles, Gaehl is the 671st most common surname of 2,002 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, “Gaehl” — the 671st most common surname in Seychelles. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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