How common is the surname Gann?

12,972 people in the United States had the surname Gann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,801 Americans. It ranked 2,780th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gann?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gann?

William Delbert Gann, American businessman (1878–1955), followed by Jason Gann.

Where is the surname Gann most common?

Wikidata records people named Gann in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Gann getting more or less common?

More common. 12,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,972 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Gann

A surname, carried by 12,972 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gann is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,972 people named Gann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,801 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,563.

#2,780

rank among US surnames

12,972

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,645)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,772	Salvador	13,021	23,711
#2,773	Schell	13,016	23,720
#2,774	Devlin	13,014	23,724
#2,775	Woo	13,003	23,744
#2,776	Steen	12,989	23,770
#2,777	Leggett	12,977	23,792
#2,778	Girard	12,975	23,795

Who is named Gann

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

92% of people named Gann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ganns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Delbert Gann
American businessman (1878–1955)
Jason Gann
Australian actor, born 1971

Notable Ganns come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gann

Gann has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Questions

How common is the surname Gann?: 12,972 people in the United States had the surname Gann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,801 Americans. It ranked 2,780th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gann?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gann?: William Delbert Gann, American businessman (1878–1955), followed by Jason Gann.
Where is the surname Gann most common?: Wikidata records people named Gann in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Gann getting more or less common?: More common. 12,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,972 in 2010, up 3.3%.