# Gange (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gange/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 666 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,110 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 463,582 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an southern English surname, of German origin, from variant of Genge, Gänge, from Middle High German genge (“circulating, common”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable”); compare also Geng. * Also as a German surname, shortened from names like Wolfgang, Gangulf. * As an Italian surname, Americanized from Gangi.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gange in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Gangi, Gaines, Giang, Ganz, Gans, Gammage, Ganesh, Gang, Gamage, Gomez, Gomes, Gamez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.