Gaswell Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Gaswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel271:316,94927,106
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales71:224,0598,079
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Gaswell (12) may also be a first name.

Gaswell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gaswell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gaswell is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaswell? popularity and diffusion

Gaswell is the 3,185,033rd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Gaswell reside; 71 percent reside in West Asia and 71 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 12 people.

This last name is most common in Israel, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 316,949. In Israel Gaswell is most frequent in: Jerusalem District, where 26 percent reside, Central District, where 22 percent reside and Tel Aviv District, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Israel it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Gaswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gaswell has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Gaswell last name contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gashwell931/
Goswell861,009/
Geswell8651/
Gasuell860/
Gosswell800/
Goswel771/
Gasuel771/
Geschwell7510/
Gatchwell750/
Gosbell71201/
Goswill713/
Ngoswel711/
Gossweld670/
Geschwill63510/
Gesuel626/
Goswil624/
Gosbel624/
Gauchuel530/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gaswell
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