Find out how popular the last name Gabrielson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Gabrielson.

Gabrielson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Gabrielson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gabrielson in America

Gabrielson is the 12986th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gabrielson surname appeared 2,364 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Gabrielson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gabrielson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Gabrielson

The surname Gabrielson has its origins in Sweden and is derived from the personal name Gabriel, which comes from the Hebrew name meaning "God is my strength". The earliest recorded examples of this surname date back to the 17th century in various parts of Sweden.

Gabrielson is a patronymic surname, meaning it was originally formed by adding the suffix "-son" to the father's given name, Gabriel. This naming convention was common in Scandinavian countries, particularly Sweden, where it was used to identify someone as the son of a person with a particular given name.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Gabrielson became more widely adopted as a fixed surname, rather than a name that changed with each generation. During this time, the name began to appear in various Swedish records, such as church registers and census records.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Gabrielson was Johan Gabrielson, a Swedish farmer born in 1674 in the village of Ekeby, Östergötland. Another notable early bearer of the name was Nils Gabrielson, a Swedish soldier who served in the Kalmar Regiment during the Great Northern War (1700-1721).

In the 19th century, the surname Gabrielson was found in various parts of Sweden, including the regions of Småland, Västergötland, and Östergötland. Some individuals with this surname during this period included Anders Gabrielson (1815-1887), a Swedish farmer and landowner from Jönköping County, and Carl Gabrielson (1836-1901), a Swedish businessman and factory owner from Gothenburg.

As Swedish immigration to North America increased in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the surname Gabrielson also became more common in countries like the United States and Canada. One notable individual with this surname was Emil Gabrielson (1878-1961), a Swedish-American businessman who served as the president of the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend, Indiana, from 1935 to 1948.

Overall, the surname Gabrielson has a long history in Sweden, dating back several centuries, and has since spread to other parts of the world through immigration and migration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gabrielson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Gabrielson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Gabrielson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Gabrielson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Gabrielson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Gabrielson, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!