Gell is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gell
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gell

How popular is Gell?

Gell is common in England.

Gell is ranked 90607 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gells plummeted by 22.571 per cent to 518 since 2000 and slipped by 9542 spots and ranked at 41959. 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 78.19 78.33
Hispanic or Latino 18.73 13.3
Black 1.54 6.28
Others 1.16 1.05
Gell is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 4724 people have been found who wears Gell as their family name. Gell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
244,758 Ukraine10
656,580 India9
1,272 Cuba3
35,789 Turkey3
14,054 China3
144,523 Kazakhstan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
50,640 Switzerland2
50,549 Georgia1
810,193 Indonesia1
20,172 Hungary1
38,063 Mauritania1
42,479 Greece1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
91,024 Belgium1
30,360 Thailand1
24,771 Colombia1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,542 Andorra1
9,591 Panama1
36,814 Romania1
118,015 Netherlands1
36,678 Singapore1
3,307 Malta1
2,613 The Bahamas1
29,046 Japan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
29,774 Venezuela1
165,773 Belarus1
6,820 Angola1
7,198 Maldives1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
396 Isle of Man34
9,692 Ireland27
1,163 Jersey17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,259 Canada82
57,588 Argentina75
10,189 New Zealand66
6,104 Wales56
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Gell:
32,860 United States885
1,413 Dominican Republic541
6,464 Australia447
20,379 South Africa292
4,544 Austria262
43,536 Germany235
61,459 France159
64,630 Brazil143
5,046 Scotland112
25,660 Spain105
Countries with thousands of Gell:
6,817 England1,022
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mechanic Thomas Gell from Great Britain aboard the Arrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 31 years old when he arrived in USA on January 4, 1849. Michael Gell (54) Immigrant, Mrs Gell (49) Immigrant, Peggy Gell, aged 25, Eleanor Gell (20) Immigrant, John Gell (18) Immigrant, Burt Gell, aged 32, 25 years old Letty Gell, Workman Joseph Gell, are other Gell that migrated to US from Londonderry, Liverpool and Unknown.

Gell Namesakes

  • Uri Geller, Magician
  • William of Gellone, Saint
  • Uri Geller, Magician
  • Aulus Gellius, Author
  • Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Poet
  • Aizik Geller, Musical Artist
  • Jamie Geller, Writer
  • Larry Geller, Writer
  • Alisha Gellin, Actress
  • Amber Gell, Engineer

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