The Gibel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 235 people carried this name — #80,678 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 11% from 263 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Gibel.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Lot.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Gibel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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 Gibel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry Gibel 1858–1906 · architect -
Joannes Gibel 1600–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gibel.
- Giardina 3,565 · U.S. census
- Giardini 321 · U.S. census
- Giardino 723 · U.S. census
- Giarratano 700 · U.S. census
- Gibbs 65,064 · U.S. census
- Gibeau 516 · U.S. census
- Gibert 541 · U.S. census
- Giberti 161 · U.S. census
- Giblin 2,794 · U.S. census
- Gibson 190,667 · U.S. census
- Gidel 121 · U.S. census
- Giel 430 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gibel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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