The Gelle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 383 people carried this name — #53,913 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 64% from 233 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 576 people named Gelle.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Somme.
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 the Nordic population registers
71 people named Gelle are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gelle in American newspapers,
1894–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gelle.
- Gele 127 · U.S. census
- Gelet 123 · U.S. census
- Gelin 1,159 · U.S. census
- Gelineau 617 · U.S. census
- Gelis 103 · U.S. census
- Gella 154 · U.S. census
- Geller 6,810 · U.S. census
- Gellis 381 · U.S. census
- Gelly 104 · U.S. census
- Gelormini 164 · U.S. census
- Gelsomino 367 · U.S. census
- Gemignani 353 · U.S. census
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