Gibel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

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

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 129K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 890K
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

235 people, 2010

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 129K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gibel 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 Gibel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2351 in 1.4M263Gibel28
CH Switzerland651 in 129K65—2
PL Poland431 in 890K23——
AR Argentina101 in 4.5M10——
SE Sweden71 in 1.5M7—1
DK Denmark41 in 1.5M4——

235 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

Gibel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Switzerland

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gíbel

  • Slovak surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Also written Gibeľ

30 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)

Gibel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In gsw, gable; crest (of a roof)

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

  • In Basque, liver

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

  • In Basque, ‘liver’; ‘(space) behind’

    as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

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)

  • Henry Gibelb. 1859USSwiss-born American architect (1859-1906)

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 Ms Gibel,
InformalHi Gibel,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Gibel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000263#69,636
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010235#80,678
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020222#89,563
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202465#15,331
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202623—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—23#82,218
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202620—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—20#89,216
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—10—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—7#45,951
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—4#73,818
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Gibel mean, and where does it come from?
Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Gibel?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɪbəl/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gibel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 235 people named Gibel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gibel.
Where is Gibel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gibel is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 129 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gibel?
In the United States, the national register counted 235 people named Gibel in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million 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, “Gibel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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