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The Gehl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,318 people carried this name — #20,216 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,319).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Gehl.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Moselle 148
Ille-et-Vilaine 12
Paris 7
Creuse 5
Vienne 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Yvelines 2

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 38 people named Gehl 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 La Pampa.

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

Where they live today

La Pampa 22
Buenos Aires Province 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Gehl live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 6
Geneva 4
St. Gallen 4
Schaffhausen 4
Valais 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.

Who carried it

People named Gehl,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Julius Gehl
    Julius Gehl 1869–1945 · politician
  • Zoltán Géhl 1888–1954 · graphic designer
  • Edward J. Gehl 1890–1956 · lawyer
  • Walther Gehl 1895–1942 · historian
  • Otto Gehl 1902–1991 · geologist
  • Eugene O. Gehl 1923–2002

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

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Surnames next to Gehl.

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