Gahl

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gahl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • SCSeychelles≈1 in 23K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 219K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈370 people, est.

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Seychelles, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gahl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gahl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈370 est.≈1 in 219KlistedGahl39
US United States—2141 in 1.6M242Gahl128
NG Nigeria—≈180 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Gahl2
ZA South Africa—≈58 est.≈1 in 976K—Gahl5
GB United Kingdom—≈34 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Gahl6
AT Austria—≈21 est.≈1 in 415K—Gahl12
SC Seychelles#671≈4 est.≈1 in 23K—Gahl1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gahl is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gähl

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

192019401960198020002020Kal Bong-kun, b. 1932Annelie Gahl, b. 1965Kal So-won, b. 2006

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Gahl,
InformalHi Gahl,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Gahl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020242#83,650
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000229#77,742
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010214#86,981
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Gahl?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gahl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 367 people named Gahl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gahl.
How common is the name Gahl?
In the United States, the national register counted 214 people named Gahl in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
How common is Gahl compared with other names?
In the Seychelles, Gahl is the 671st most common surname of 2,002 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gahl” — the 671st most common surname in Seychelles. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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