Gebel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from mhd. gebel 'head, gable'; also a surname from GEBEN
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡɛbəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gebel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 28K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 551K
- PLPoland1 in 97K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 146 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from mhd. gebel 'head, gable'; also a surname from GEBEN
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gebel 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Gebel | 118 |
| US United States | 604 | 1 in 551K | 647 | Gebel | 146 |
| PL Poland | 394 | 1 in 97K | 201 | Gebel | 2 |
| FR France | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 173K | 43 | — | 1 |
| AR Argentina | 338 | 1 in 135K | 338 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | 70 | 1 in 153K | 70 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 59 | 1 in 142K | 59 | Gebel | 8 |
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 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gebel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, meist Patronym zu Gebhard oder Gabilo; teils auch Übername zu 'Schädel, Kopf; Giebel'; Bearer count 1378.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Zu Gabel; auch zu mhd. gebel 'Schädel, Kopf; Giebel'; teils Entrundung von Göbel. 1378 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Italian, a term frequently used in Arabic toponymy, indicating a mountain, a mountain range, or a plateau
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gmw-fin, A three-pronged fork for digging potatoes.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Matthes Gebelb. 1500DEGerman sculptor (1500–1574)
- Georg Gebelb. 1685PLSilesian/German composer
- Georg Gebelb. 1709DEGerman composer (1709-1753)
- Leopold Gebelb. 1889PLOfficer of the Polish Army
- Paul Gebelb. 1893DEGerman politician (1893–1972)
- Małgorzata Gebelb. 1955PLPolish actress
- Titus Gebelb. 1967DEGerman entrepreneur, lawyer, political activist and publicist
- Michael Gebelb. 1979DEresearcher
- Silke Gebelb. 1983DEGerman politician
- Kathrin Gebelb. 1997DEGerman politician
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 647 | #33,292 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 616 | #38,660 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 604 | #36,970 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 338 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 201 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 201 | #16,359 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 193 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 193 | #16,729 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 93 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 70 | #22,516 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 69 | #9,196 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 59 | #16,414 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Gebel mean, and where does it come from?
- from mhd. gebel 'head, gable'; also a surname from GEBEN Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Gebel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɛbəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gebel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Gebel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gebel.
- How common is the name Gebel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 604 people named Gebel in 2010, about 1 in 551 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Gebel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gebelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gebel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.