Gelos

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 116K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 7.9K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 444K

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.

Uruguay (measured from records)

430 people

Sources
41 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gelos 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 Gelos is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UY Uruguay4301 in 7.9K430Gelos21
AR Argentina3911 in 116K391Gelos41
FR France≈150 est.≈1 in 444K15Gelos2
PH Philippines≈69 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Gelos5
ES Spain431 in 1.2M43Gelos7
BO Bolivia≈9 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Gelos2

430 people counted by INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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)

Gelos is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Geloux, Gélos, Gelós

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Spain

    Also written Gelós

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gelós

22 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gelos 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 cel-pro, yellow, white

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In pro, jealous

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In gmw-ecg, glass

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, GELÓS, -OÁSĂ, geloși, -oase, adj. 1. Care suferă de gelozie (1), cuprins de gelozie; care manifestă gelozie. ♦ Care ține mult la ceva și se teme să nu-l piardă. 2. (Rar) Invidios, pizmaș.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Gelos
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—430—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—391—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—43#49,468
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—43#49,226
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193119—

Reference works 1

  • 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

In which country does Gelos have the most bearers?
In Uruguay, the national register counted about 430 people named Gelos, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gelos.
Where is Gelos most common?
Gelos is densest in Uruguay, where the national register counts about 1 in 7.9 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gelos?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 430 people named Gelos, about 1 in 7.9 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, “Gelos”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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