Gockel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 'Hahn'; also compared with Gogel and GOTT Kf

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/ˈɡɔkəl/(recorded in a dictionary) German · from Wiktionary

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

  • DEGermany≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 384K
  • CACanada≈1 in 510Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gockel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

Record sources
160 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Goeckel in JM Jamaica, PH Philippines, IE Ireland.

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)

'Hahn'; also compared with Gogel and GOTT Kf.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Gockel is found

(measured from records)

Gockel 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 Gockel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈2,400 est.≈1 in 35K—Gockel86
US United States4151 in 802K427Gockel160
CA Canada≈81 est.≈1 in 509K—Gockel14
PH Philippines≈64 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Goeckel1
JM Jamaica≈53 est.≈1 in 53K—Goeckel1
NL Netherlands451 in 384K45Gockel9
IE Ireland≈20 est.≈1 in 265K—Goeckel1

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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Göckel

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Göckel

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Göckel

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Göckel

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Göckel

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Göckel

25 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)

Gockel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from the Rufname Gockel / diminutive in -el; also associated with Gogel

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • from Middle High German gogel ‘cheerful’, ‘lively’, either a nickname for someone with a cheerful disposition or an occupational name for an entertainer (modem German Gaukler).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • nickname from a regional term gockel ‘rooster’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • habitational name for someone from a place in Westphalia called Gockeln. According to Bahlow, the place name is derived from gok, an obsolete word for a bog.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In German, cock, rooster

    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)
1940195019601970Sigrid Metz-Göckel, b. 1940Wolfgang Gockel, b. 1945Anja Gockel, b. 1968

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 Gockel,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gockel mean, and where does it come from?
'Hahn'; also compared with Gogel and GOTT Kf. Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Gockel?
In German /ˈɡɔkəl/ (Wiktionary).
Which countries have the most people with the surname Gockel?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Gockel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gockel. After it come United States, Canada, Philippines and Jamaica; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Gockel?
In the United States, the national register counted 415 people named Gockel in 2010, about 1 in 802 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, “Gockel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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