Gavel is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gavel
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Worn particularly in the Pas-de-Calais and the Somme, the name is more common in the Gavelle form. Picard is the equivalent of the word "sheaf", a term related to the harvest, which here is a place name or a nickname reaper (one who binds the sheaves).

How popular is Gavel?

Gavel is ranked 146720 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gavels plummeted by 12.22628 per cent to 481 since 2000 and slipped by 6618 spots and ranked at 44653. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.01 94.89
Black 1.66 0
Hispanic or Latino 1.46 2.55
Others 1.25 1.46
Gavel is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Belgium. Around 2585 people have been found who wears Gavel as their family name. Gavel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
24,269 Peru2
21,529 Singapore2
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
151,601 Spain1
38,841 Scotland1
120,357 Argentina1
37,493 Austria1
10,190 Bahrain1
24,771 Colombia1
12,741 Ecuador1
3,350 Fiji1
172,258 Germany1
3,586 Honduras1
153,416 Italy1
40,340 Malaysia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912 Kazakhstan43
39,063 Czech Republic31
36,547 Switzerland27
126,462 England22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
112,719 Russia99
52,037 Ukraine95
9,768 Sweden94
Countries with hundreds of Gavel:
39,586 United States705
7,498 Canada556
30,009 France331
10,317 Belgium178
8,668 Hungary131
141,850 India124
20,268 Australia124
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Comments

J
Jordon Omara
 gavel is a surname southwest, masculinized southernmost form or Norman-Picard sheaf of wheat saw handle that layer on the ground to let the yellow grain, nickname linker sheaves.

Gavel Namesakes

  • Anton Gavel, Basketball player
  • Anton Gavel, Basketball player
  • Branko Gavella, Theatre Director
  • Mary Ladd Gavell, Author
  • Mariann Gavelo, Actress
  • In 2011, Tom Gavel characterized the role of Chairman in documentary, drama movie Summer Promise.

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