Gebel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gebel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 604 people carried this name — #36,970 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 647 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 338 people named Gebel 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 231
La Pampa 67
Río Negro 21
City of Buenos Aires 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

315 people named Gebel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 394 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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Where they live today

Silesian 73
Greater Poland 47
Masovian 41
Łódź 38
Lower Silesian 30
Pomeranian 28
Opole 17
Lesser Poland 16

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 247 people named Gebel.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Haut-Rhin 108
Bas-Rhin 51
Paris 20
Territoire de Belfort 12
Moselle 9
Vosges 6
Aisne 6
Rhône 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

60 people named Gebel live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 17
Bern 11
Jura 9
Vaud 7
Basel-Landschaft 5
Schwyz 4
Valais 4
Fribourg 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

30 people named Gebel is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 30

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 Gebel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leopold Gebel
    Leopold Gebel 1889–1954 · sports executive
  • Matthes Gebel 1500–1574 · sculptor
  • Georg Gebel 1685–1750 · composer
  • Georg Gebel 1709–1753 · composer
  • Joseph Bernhard August Gebel 1772–1860 · physician
  • Romuald Gebel 1878–1944

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gebel.

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