Gesell Surname Guide

Gesell is a last name with a clear footprint in official records. In Wikidata, Gesell is listed as a German surname. The meaning of Gesell is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records. Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Gesell line back.

925 Americans were listed as Gesell in the 2010 census. From 1891 to 2000, 223 births in France were registered under Gesell. Births ran at 13 in 1891–1900 and 18 in 1991–2000.

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Gesell family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Want more than a summary? See the Gesell family name pack.