How common is the surname Gagne?

9,507 people in the United States had the surname Gagne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,476 Americans. It ranked 3,727th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gagne?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gagne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gagne?

Verne Gagne, American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015), followed by Robert M. Gagné.

Where is the surname Gagne most common?

Wikidata records people named Gagne in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Gagne getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,507 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Gagne

A French surname, carried by 9,507 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gagne is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Gagne or Gagné.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,507 people named Gagne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,476 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,534.

#3,727

rank among US surnames

9,507

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,434)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,718	Loveless	9,533	32,387
#3,719	Wilbur	9,527	32,407
#3,720	Gracia	9,520	32,431
#3,722	Ostrander	9,518	32,438
#3,723	Mangum	9,515	32,448
#3,724	Staggs	9,514	32,452
#3,725	Curtin	9,513	32,455

Who is named Gagne

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

95% of people named Gagne identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gagnes

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Verne Gagne
American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015)
Robert M. Gagné
American psychologist (1916–2002)
Éric Gagné
Baseball player, born 1976

Notable Gagnes come mostly from the United States (2) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gagne

Gagen

Gagne has the Soundex code G250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G250.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gagne come from?: Borrowed from French Gagne or Gagné.
How common is the surname Gagne?: 9,507 people in the United States had the surname Gagne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,476 Americans. It ranked 3,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gagne?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gagne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gagne?: Verne Gagne, American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015), followed by Robert M. Gagné.
Where is the surname Gagne most common?: Wikidata records people named Gagne in the United States and Canada.
Is the surname Gagne getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,507 in 2010, down 0.3%.