Gagne
surname · Latin script
Meaning: occupational name for a farmer or peasant, from Old French ga(i)gnier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡæɡni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gagne is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 2.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 19K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 32K
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
- 375 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈57,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gagné in FR France.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for a farmer or peasant, from Old French ga(i)gnier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’. Numerous variants and Americanized forms are found (see Gagner, Gonyea).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gagne 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 | — | 9,507 | 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paulin Gagneb. 1808FRFrench poet (1808–1876)
- Leslie Gagneb. 1908CACanadian ski jumper
- Norman Gagneb. 1911CACanadian ski jumper (1911-1986)
- Verne Gagneb. 1926USAmerican professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015)
- Greg Gagneb. 1948USAmerican professional wrestler
- Alain Gagneb. 1959FRFrench politician
- Greg Gagneb. 1961USAmerican baseball player
- Clare Gagneb. 2000USAmerican soccer player
- Patric GagneAmerican author
- Nelly Chabrol-GagneFRFrench researcher and teacher
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 9.5K | #3,434 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 9.5K | #3,727 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.1K | #3,802 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 293 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 244 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 239 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 219 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 214 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 206 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 189 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 184 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 182 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Gagne come from?
- occupational name for a farmer or peasant, from Old French ga(i)gnier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’. Numerous variants and Americanized forms are found (see Gagner, Gonyea). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gagne?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡæɡni/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Gagne mean?
- Recorded meaning: occupational name for a farmer or peasant, from Old French ga(i)gnier ‘to cultivate or work (the land)’.
- In which country does Gagne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Gagne in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gagne.
- How common is the name Gagne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,507 people named Gagne in 2010, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Gagne compared with other names?
- In Canada, Gagne is the 321st most common surname of 699,524 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Gagne” — the 321st most common surname in Canada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.