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    The surname Gawel

    A Latin surname, carried by 998 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G400

    Gawel: #24,914 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gawel #24,914, 998 people Gawel: #24,914 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gawel #24,914, 998 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gawel is more common than 84.6% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    * As a Polish surname, derived from Latin gallus. * As a German surname, from the archaic noun Gau (“shire, district”).

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 998 people named Gawel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 309,364 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 943.

    #24,914
    rank among US surnames
    998
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,784)

    Who is named Gawel

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Gawel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gawel

    Gawel has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

    Other Latin surnames

    All 91 Latin surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gawel come from?
    * As a Polish surname, derived from Latin gallus. * As a German surname, from the archaic noun Gau (“shire, district”).
    How common is the surname Gawel?
    998 people in the United States had the surname Gawel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 309,364 Americans. It ranked 24,914th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gawel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gawel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Gawel getting more or less common?
    More common. 943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 998 in 2010, up 5.8%.