Gerstl
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gerstl is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu „Gerste“; diminutiv, teils auch Wohnstättenname zu Flurname „Gerstenacker“; bearers count 767.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
Berufsname zu „Gerste“; diminutiv, teils auch Wohnstättenname zu Flurname „Gerstenacker“; bearers count 767.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gerstl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 136 | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | 23 | — |
| ES Spain | — | 11 | — |
| CZ Czechia | — | 4 | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 1 | — |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); MVČR — living population register 2017; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gerstl is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname: Getreidebauer; Varianten Gerstl, Girstl, Gerstle, Gerstel.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Siegfried Gerstlb. 1862ROAustrian engineer (1862-1938)
- Richard Gerstlb. 1883ATAustrian artist (1883-1908)
- Arnold Gerstlb. 1888DEGerman painter (1888–1957)
- Paul Gerstlb. 1891CZHolocaust victim (born 1891)
- Otto Gerstlb. 1896VEmerchant and writer with Austrian and Venezuelan citizenship
- Alfons Gerstlb. 1920DEGerman politician
- Max Gerstlb. 1921DEGerman politician (1921-1994)
- Elfriede Gerstlb. 1932ATAustrian writer (1932–2009)
- Annelinde Gerstlb. 1950DEGerman actress
- Wolfgang Gerstlb. 1961ATAustrian 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 136 | #126,018 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 133 | #132,523 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 131 | #121,780 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 23 | #33,003 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 11 | #114,632 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 4 | #139,138 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #159,862 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Gerstl mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu „Gerste“; diminutiv, teils auch Wohnstättenname zu Flurname „Gerstenacker“; bearers count 767.
- In which country does Gerstl have the most bearers?
- Gerstl is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gerstlThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Gerstl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.