GangeR
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE gangan ‘to walk’; in Middle English also ‘go-between’; first attested Ralph Gangere 1267 FFL
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
GangeR is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 426K(measured from records)
- CNChina≈1 in 114K
- IEIreland≈1 in 133K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 185 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 114K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE gangan ‘to walk’; in Middle English also ‘go-between’; first attested Ralph Gangere 1267 FFL.
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
GangeR counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 114K | — | GangeR | 1 |
| US United States | 781 | 1 in 426K | 847 | GangeR | 185 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 343K | — | GangeR | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 442K | — | GangeR | 59 |
| CA Canada | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 570K | — | GangeR | 19 |
| CU Cuba | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | GangeR | 1 |
| IE Ireland | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | GangeR | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
GangeR is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from an agent derivative of Old English gangan ‘to walk’, hence possibly a nickname for someone with a peculiar gait; by the period of surname formation, however, the word had acquu'ed the sense ‘go-between’ and it is likely that this meaning lies behind the surname in some instances.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, variant of Gengler.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Danish, steed, mount; riding horse
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, indefinite plural of gang
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jennifer B. GangerUSpsychologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 847 | #26,946 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 836 | #30,002 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 781 | #30,043 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name GangeR mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE gangan ‘to walk’; in Middle English also ‘go-between’; first attested Ralph Gangere 1267 FFL. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does GangeR have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named GangeR in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled GangeR.
- How common is the name GangeR?
- In the United States, the national register counted 781 people named GangeR in 2010, about 1 in 426 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “GangeR”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.