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Gabel Surname

27,143rd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 19,794 people bear this surname

Gabel Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gabriel,' popularly Gabel. Rare in early registers.

Gabriel Attelond, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Gabel Brenn, Norfolk, ibid.

Thomas Gabriell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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The alternate forms: Gäbel (1,369) & Gábel (148) are calculated separately.

Gabel (482) may also be a first name.

Gabel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gabriel,' popularly Gabel. Rare in early registers.

Gabriel Attelond, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Gabel Brenn, Norfolk, ibid.

Thomas Gabriell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A feminine Gabriela existed, also found as Gabella.

1539. Baptised — Gabella, d. of Robert Tans: St. Peter, Cornhill.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Milton's "Chief of the angelic guards" (Paradise Lost, IV, 550). A surname current in Aberdeenshire. From the Hebrew (Dan. VIII, 16), meaning 'man of El,' Frank Gabriel and Edward Gabriel from Turriff served in the first Great War (Turriff). As a forename we have Gabriel Gymmill in Edinburgh, 1599 (Edinb. Marr.). David Gabriel, a prominent citizen in Aberdeen, died in December, 1939. I have read somewhere that the family of Gabriel of Aberdeen is descended from a Gabriel Grant, but no such person appears in Sir William Fraser's Chiefs of Grant.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(German, English) One who made and sold agricultural implements, such as pitchforks; dweller by a fork in the road; one who came from Gabel (fork), in Germany; descendant of little Gabe; a pet form of little Gabriel (God is my strength).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) Gabel or Gabler is derived from Gable, a town in Bohemia.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

A personal name borrowed from the celestial hierarchy.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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Gabel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gabel (Arabic: جابل, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺑﻞ, Hindi: गबेल, Marathi: गबेल, Oriya: ଗେବଲ, Russian: Габель) is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms: Gäbel or Gábel. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gabel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 27,143rd most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 368,169 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Gabel reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 387,276th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 482 people.

The last name Gabel is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 9,562 people, or 1 in 37,906. In The United States Gabel is most numerous in: California, where 8 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 79 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 27 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

Gabel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gabel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 852 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 560 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gabel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Gabel last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Gabel surname are 17.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.09% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gabel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 74.66% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,858 per year; in South Africa they earn 10.26% more than the national average, earning R 262,020 per year; in Colombia they earn 37.15% more than the national average, earning 31,136,800COPperyear;inUnitedStatestheyearn4.7731,136,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.77% more than the national average, earning 31,136,800COPperyear;inUnitedStatestheyearn4.7745,209 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.12% more than the national average, earning $52,226 CAD per year.

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