Gagn
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gagn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: charogne, bourrin, rossard ; chiendent.
- CACanada≈1 in 2.9Kas Gagne(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 19Kas Gagne
- AUAustralia≈1 in 32Kas Gagne
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gagn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 375 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈57,000 named Gagne, est.
Highest-authority source
Canada, est., as Gagne
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gagne in US United States, CA Canada, GB United Kingdom and 3 more and Gagné in FR France.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
charogne, bourrin, rossard ; chiendent
Sources 1
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gagn 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 | — | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Gagne | 6 |
| CA Canada | #321 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Gagne | 223 |
| US United States | — | 9,507as Gagne | 1 in 35K | 9.5K | Gagne | 375 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Gagne | 59 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 164 | Gagné | 60 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Gagne | 28 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Gagne | 7 |
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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Gagn 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 mfe, Medial form of gagne; to have, win, gain.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, usefulness, use, avail
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, benefit, gain
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Faroese, gain, benefit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, charogne, bourrin, rossard ; chiendent
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gagn mean, and where does it come from?
- charogne, bourrin, rossard ; chiendent Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
- In which country does Gagn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Gagne in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Gagn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,507 people named Gagne in 2010, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Gagn compared with other names?
- In Canada, Gagn is the 321st most common surname of 699,524 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gagn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gagnThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Gagn” — the 321st most common surname in Canada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.