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 |
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953
Belarus7
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24,269
Peru2
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21,529
Singapore2
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83,428
United Arab Emirates1
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151,601
Spain1
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38,841
Scotland1
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120,357
Argentina1
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37,493
Austria1
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10,190
Bahrain1
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24,771
Colombia1
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12,741
Ecuador1
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3,350
Fiji1
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172,258
Germany1
![](https://surnameslist.org/design/flags/Germany.png)
3,586
Honduras1
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153,416
Italy1
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40,340
Malaysia1
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4,999
Papua New Guinea1
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Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912
Kazakhstan43
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39,063
Czech Republic31
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36,547
Switzerland27
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126,462
England22
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Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
112,719
Russia99
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52,037
Ukraine95
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9,768
Sweden94
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Countries with hundreds of Gavel:
39,586
United States705
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7,498
Canada556
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30,009
France331
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10,317
Belgium178
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8,668
Hungary131
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141,850
India124
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20,268
Australia124
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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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