The Gavel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 481 people carried this name — #44,653 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 548 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 263 people named Gavel.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 42 people named Gavel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Gavel is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Gavel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rickard Gavel 1905–1972 · architect -
Charlotte von Gavel 1833–1894 · painter
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Charlotte von Gavel 1833–1854 · painter
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Henri Gavel 1880–1960 · writer
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Anton Gavel 1984– · basketball player
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Anton Gavel 1984– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gavel.
- Gauvin 2,223 · U.S. census
- Gauvreau 342 · U.S. census
- Gauze 247 · U.S. census
- Gava 151 · U.S. census
- Gavazzi 258 · U.S. census
- Gave 222 · U.S. census
- Gaven 161 · U.S. census
- Gavin 14,061 · U.S. census
- Gawel 998 · U.S. census
- Gawlik 1,314 · U.S. census
- Gawron 961 · U.S. census
- Gawronski 1,080 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gavel is.
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