How common is the surname Gage?

16,614 people in the United States had the surname Gage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,583 Americans. It ranked 2,187th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gage?

Phineas Gage, 19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma, followed by Matilda Joslyn Gage.

Where is the surname Gage most common?

Wikidata records people named Gage in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Gage?

Gage is /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gage getting more or less common?

More common. 16,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,614 in 2010, up 3.7%.

Is Gage also a first name?

Yes. Gage is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gage

An English occupational surname, carried by 16,614 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/ 1 syllable Soundex G200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gage is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

An occupational surname from Middle English gage, guage (“measure”) for an assayer, or gage (“pledge”) for a moneylender.

Gage is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,614 people named Gage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,583 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,022.

#2,187

rank among US surnames

16,614

people in 2010

5.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,179	Acuna	16,683	18,507
#2,180	Ulrich	16,668	18,523
#2,181	Chau	16,667	18,524
#2,182	German	16,661	18,531
#2,183	Schulte	16,658	18,534
#2,184	Conroy	16,651	18,542
#2,185	Hooker	16,646	18,548

Who is named Gage

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

82% of people named Gage identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gages

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Phineas Gage
19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma, 1823–1860
Matilda Joslyn Gage
American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker, 1826–1898
Lukas Gage
American actor and writer, born 1995
Kevin Gage
American actor, born 1959
Lyman J. Gage
American financier and 42nd Secretary of the Treasury (1836–1927)
Frances Dana Barker Gage
American writer (1808-1884)
Fred Gage
American geneticist, born 1950
Nick Gage
American professional wrestler, born 1980
Sir Thomas Gage, 7th Baronet
British botanist (1781-1820)
Patricia Gage
British actress and voice actress (1940-2010)
Andrew Thomas Gage
British botanist (1871-1945)

Notable Gages come mostly from the United States (8), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Gage

Gause

Gage has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gage come from?: An occupational surname from Middle English gage, guage (“measure”) for an assayer, or gage (“pledge”) for a moneylender.
How common is the surname Gage?: 16,614 people in the United States had the surname Gage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,583 Americans. It ranked 2,187th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gage?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Gage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gage?: Phineas Gage, 19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma, followed by Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Where is the surname Gage most common?: Wikidata records people named Gage in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Gage?: Gage is /ɡeɪd͡ʒ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Gage?: Gage is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Gage getting more or less common?: More common. 16,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,614 in 2010, up 3.7%.
Is Gage also a first name?: Yes. Gage is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.