The Gastel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 242 people carried this name — #78,821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 222 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 215 people named Gastel.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Gastel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Formosa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Gastel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hein van Gastel 1938– · association football player -
Wolf Gastel 1586–1630 · forester
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Caspar Gastel 1588–1610 · bookbinder
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Katharina Gastel 1605–1656
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Laurens van Gastel 1739–1819 · politician
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Johannes van Gastel 1853–1928 · archer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gastel.
- Gassert 470 · U.S. census
- Gassmann 599 · U.S. census
- Gassner 987 · U.S. census
- Gasson 300 · U.S. census
- Gast 4,612 · U.S. census
- Gastaldi 129 · U.S. census
- Gastin 135 · U.S. census
- Gastineau 1,130 · U.S. census
- Gaston 19,502 · U.S. census
- Gat 137 · U.S. census
- Gate 155 · U.S. census
- Gateau 123 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gastel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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