Gsell
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Personenmerkmal: verkürzte Form zu 'Geselle/Gefährte' (418; (G/K)sell 384+22, Gsöll 12)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
Gsell is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 12K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 120K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 360Kfew records
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.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 186 (measured from records)
- 1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
719 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Personenmerkmal: verkürzte Form zu 'Geselle/Gefährte' (418; (G/K)sell 384+22, Gsöll 12).
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world
(measured from records)Gsell 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 719 | 1 in 12K | 719 | Gsell | 25 |
| US United States | 717 | 1 in 464K | 804 | Gsell | 186 |
| FR France | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 118K | 63 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 361K | — | Gsell | 13 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 415K | — | Gsell | 10 |
719 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. 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 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Gsell is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Nachname zu mhd./mnd. geselle ‘Teilnehmer, Genosse; lustiger Bruder, Zechbruder’; Personenmerkmal/Charakter bzw. Verhalten. Bearer count: 418.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, 1370 Bearer; Plate zeigt synkopierte Gs-Form mit Vokalvariante in der Schreibung
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
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)- Georg Gsellb. 1673CHSwiss artist (1673-1740)
- Emile Gsellb. 1838FRFrench photographer (1838–1879)
- Stéphane Gsellb. 1864FRFrench historian and archaeologist (1864-1932)
- Paul Gsellb. 1870FRFrench writer and art critic (1870-1947)
- Francis Xavier Gsellb. 1872FRRoman Catholic bishop
- Emil Gsellb. 1899CHSwiss economist (1899-1973)
- Otto Gsellb. 1902CHSwiss internist (1902–1990)
- Klemens Gsellb. 1961DEGerman politician
- Tatjana Gsellb. 1971DEGerman model
- Albert GsellCHSwiss priest
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)Evidence
(measured from records)15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 804 | #30,950 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 719 | #1,747 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 717 | #32,169 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 685 | #31,848 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 104 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 89 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 81 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 74 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 73 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 63 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 63 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 55 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Gsell mean?
- Recorded meaning: Personenmerkmal: verkürzte Form zu 'Geselle/Gefährte' (418; (G/K)sell 384+22, Gsöll 12).
- In which country does Gsell have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 719 people named Gsell, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gsell.
- Where is Gsell most common?
- Gsell is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Gsell?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 719 people named Gsell in 2024, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Gsell?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gsellThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gsell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.