The surname Gagner
A surname, carried by 1,684 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G256
Origin
From the French Canadian surname, variant of Gagné. Compare also Gagne, Gagnier.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,684 people named Gagner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,534.
Who is named Gagner
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Gagner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gagner
Gagner has the Soundex code G256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G256.
Questions
- Where does the surname Gagner come from?
- From the French Canadian surname, variant of Gagné. Compare also Gagne, Gagnier.
- How common is the surname Gagner?
- 1,684 people in the United States had the surname Gagner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gagner?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gagner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Gagner getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, up 9.8%.