# Gant (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,167 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,550 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,793 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (13,268 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a French and English surname, from gant (“glove”). * As a German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, possibly related to Gand (“scree”); compare Gander. Or, related to Gans (“goose”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gant 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) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gant in the United States.

## People named Gant

- Robert Gant, American actor
- Richard Gant, American actor
- Harry Gant, American stock car racing driver
- Cecil Gant, American musician (1913–1951)

## Similar surnames

Gandy, Gantt, Gaunt, Gauntt, Gandee, Gandhi, Gent, Giannetti, Giannotti, Gamet, Giunta, Ghent.

## 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.