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    The surname Gange

    A Norman surname, carried by 666 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gange is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    * 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.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 666 people named Gange in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 635.

    #34,110
    rank among US surnames
    666
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #33,830)

    Who is named Gange

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

    90% of people named Gange identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gange

    Gange has the Soundex code G520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G520.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gange come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Gange?
    666 people in the United States had the surname Gange in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gange?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gange identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Gange getting more or less common?
    More common. 635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 4.9%.