Ganse

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”)

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M(measured from records)
  • BJBenin≈1 in 21K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 544K

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.

Benin (inferred from the name graph)

≈620 people, est.

Sources
106 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)

Benin, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Ganse is read(measured from records)

Ganse is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English70%

    Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • German13%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ganse in German.

  • French5.0%

    braid

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ganse 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 Ganse is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BJ Benin≈620 est.≈1 in 21K—Ganse4
DE Germany≈150 est.≈1 in 544K—Ganse41
US United States1331 in 2.5M139Ganse106
GB United Kingdom≈120 est.≈1 in 562K—Ganse5
KE Kenya≈92 est.≈1 in 584K—Ganse1

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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ganse is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Benin, United States

    Also written Gansè

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gansé

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gànse, Gänse

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye

    Also written Ğanse

23 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • H. D. Ganseb. 1822pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, 1876-1883, pro-slavery author; born 1822; died 1891
  • Robert Ganseb. 1909DEgynaecologist (1909-1972)

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)

FormalDear Ms Ganse,
InformalHi Ganse,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Ganse
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000139#116,123
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010133#128,249
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020130#134,631
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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 Ganse mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ganse?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəns/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ganse have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 624 people named Ganse in Benin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ganse.
How common is the name Ganse?
In the United States, the national register counted 133 people named Ganse in 2010, about 1 in 2.5 million 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, “Ganse”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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