Gehel Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
France

Gehel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gehel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Gehel (13) may also be a first name.

Gehel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gehel (Oriya: େଗେହଲ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gehel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gehel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Gehel live; 38 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gehel is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Gehel is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 33 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 33 percent reside and Odisha, where 33 percent reside. Other than India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.

Gehel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gehel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gehel Last Name Statistics demography

Gehel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goehel913/
Giehel911/
Gaehel911/
Geihsel833/
Gohel80141,388/
Gahel80117/
Geihl8051/
Goeel8013/
Gehil8011/
Gihel809/
Ghiel809/
Göehl802/
Geeal801/
Geischel770/
Geisel735,084/
Geißel73606/
Geitel73274/
Gohell733/
Ghiele732/
Ghohel732/
Gehiol731/
Goheal731/
Gheoil731/
Gahael731/
Ghaeel731/
Gahiel731/
Goeell731/
Gejjel731/
Gehile730/
Gahell730/
Geil673,121/
Geissel67752/
Guiesel6734/
Ågehäll6714/
Geisell672/
Giehill671/
Geithhl671/
Gihisel670/

Gehel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gehel in the Oriya language
େଗେହଲegehala-

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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 Gehel
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