Gache

surname · Latin script

Meaning: OFr gache ‘lock’; metonymic for a locksmith; first attested Francis Gach 1642 PrD

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡaʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gache is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 44K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 102K
  • RORomania≈1 in 66K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

Sources
191 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

OFr gache ‘lock’; metonymic for a locksmith; first attested Francis Gach 1642 PrD.

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gache 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.

Where Gache is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈1,500 est.≈1 in 44K209Gache191
PH Philippines≈1,100 est.≈1 in 102K—Gache23
RO Romania≈330 est.≈1 in 66K—Gache5
CM Cameroon≈160 est.≈1 in 175K—Gache2
US United States≈120 est.≈1 in 2.9MlistedGache78
AR Argentina1071 in 425K107——
BS Bahamas≈4 est.≈1 in 79K—Gache1

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gache is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Philippines, Brazil, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gachê

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gaché, Gâche

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Italy, Spain

    Also written Gâche

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines

    Also written Gâché

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Morocco

    Also written Ğâčhê

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gache is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Galician, shoo! (said to cats)

    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)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Gache, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Gache
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961290—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941259—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951238—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981234—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971220—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931217—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991209—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901196—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921195—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911149—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1891111—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—107—

Reference works 4

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 Gache mean, and where does it come from?
OFr gache ‘lock’; metonymic for a locksmith; first attested Francis Gach 1642 PrD. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Gache?
A machine transcription gives /ɡaʃ/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Gache have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Gache in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gache.
How common is the name Gache?
In Argentina, the national register counted 107 people named Gache, about 1 in 425 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, “Gache”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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