Gubbels
surname · Latin script
Meaning: probably a variant spelling of Rhenish Gdbbels, a pet form of the Germanic personal name Godebert, from god ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + berht ‘shining’, or a patronymic from the Frisian personal name G
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɡəbəɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gubbels is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 8K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 593K
- BEBelgium1 in 65K
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 154 (measured from records)
- 1 in 8.0K (inferred from the name graph)
2,158 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
probably a variant spelling of Rhenish Gdbbels, a pet form of the Germanic personal name Godebert, from god ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + berht ‘shining’, or a patronymic from the Frisian personal name Gubbe.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gubbels 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 2,158 | 1 in 8K | 2.2K | Gubbels | 60 |
| US United States | 561 | 1 in 593K | 611 | Gubbels | 154 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 215K | — | Gubbels | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 180 | 1 in 65K | 206 | Gubbels | 23 |
| DE Germany | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 544K | — | Gubbels | 34 |
| CA Canada | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 375K | — | Gubbels | 41 |
| IE Ireland | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 333K | — | Gubbels | 1 |
2,158 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Noël Gubbelsb. 1874Belgian missionary to China
- Cor Gubbelsb. 1898NLDutch sportsperson and athletics competitor (1898-1975)
- Ton Gubbelsb. 1932NLDutch mayor (1932-1984)
- Pauline Gubbelsb. 1936USpolitician and member New Mexico House of Representatives
- Ton Gubbelsb. 1959NLDutch association football player
- Nicole Gubbelsb. 1973NLuniversity teacher
- Karien Gubbelsb. 1975NLDutch athlete
- Marc-Jan GubbelsUSresearcher
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)
Attested in 15 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 2.2K | #564 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 611 | #38,939 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 561 | #39,212 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 515 | #40,083 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 206 | #8,731 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 180 | #9,331 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Gubbels mean, and where does it come from?
- probably a variant spelling of Rhenish Gdbbels, a pet form of the Germanic personal name Godebert, from god ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + berht ‘shining’, or a patronymic from the Frisian personal name G… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gubbels?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡəbəɫz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gubbels have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Gubbels, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gubbels.
- Where is Gubbels most common?
- Gubbels is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 8.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Gubbels?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,158 people named Gubbels in 2007, about 1 in 8.0 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gubbelsThe 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, “Gubbels”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.