Gelpi

surname · Latin script

Meaning: unexplained

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

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

Gelpi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 555K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 9.6K
  • PRPuerto Rico≈1 in 20K

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.

United States (measured from records)

599 people, 2010

Sources
149 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 9.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

unexplained.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gelpi 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 Gelpi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5991 in 555K599Gelpi149
CU Cuba—≈370 est.≈1 in 30K—Gelpi11
UY Uruguay—3541 in 9.6K354Gelpi17
ES Spain—3321 in 151K332Gelpi48
IT Italy—≈290 est.≈1 in 214KlistedGelpi10
PR Puerto Rico#469≈160 est.≈1 in 20K—Gelpi11
AM Armenia—≈32 est.≈1 in 94K—Gelpi1
JM Jamaica—≈21 est.≈1 in 132K—Gelpi1

599 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the xinhua-italian-manual register. 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)

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

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain

    Also written Gelpí

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gelpí

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, France

    Also written Gelpí

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gelpí

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Gelpí

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gelpí

32 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)

1900195020002050Lino Gelpi, b. 1912Ettore Gelpi, b. 1933Luciano Gelpi, b. 1945Ricardo Gelpi, b. 1950Manu Gelpi, b. 1987Leandro Gelpi, b. 1991Marcus Gelpi, b. 2002

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)

FormalDear Gelpi,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Gelpi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010599#37,229
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020579#40,697
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000547#38,079
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—354—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—332#11,123
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—332#11,103
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 Gelpi mean, and where does it come from?
unexplained. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Gelpi?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɛɫpi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gelpi have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 599 people named Gelpi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gelpi.
Where is Gelpi most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gelpi is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 9.6 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gelpi?
In the United States, the national register counted 599 people named Gelpi in 2010, about 1 in 555 thousand residents.
How common is Gelpi compared with other names?
In Puerto Rico, Gelpi is the 469th most common surname of 8,205 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, “Gelpi” — the 469th most common surname in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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