Ganzo
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ganzo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: first-person singular present indicative of ganzar.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 117K(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 28K
- ESSpain1 in 202K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 54 (measured from records)
- 1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
≈930 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
first-person singular present indicative of ganzar
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ganzo 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.
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Ganzo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Gánzó gán/zo gán n. fer zó n. feu Fer chaud, brûlant, sorti tout droit de la forge. Celui qui porte ce nom veut donner l’impression qu’il est un forgeron, un artisan qui sait battre le fer quand il est chaud. Donc, une personne qui saisit les opportunités quand elles se présentent et qui fait preuve de réactivité.
as a nameLe dictionnaire etymologique des noms propres de personnes au Benin (langues fon et francais)
In Galician, dried or partially burned twig in the past used as a torch
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, extra-marriage lover
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vec, hook
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 248 | #14,018 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 248 | #14,004 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 120 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ganzo mean, and where does it come from?
- first-person singular present indicative of ganzar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ganzo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 931 people named Ganzo in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ganzo.
- Where is Ganzo most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ganzo is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 28 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Ganzo?
- In Spain, the national register counted 248 people named Ganzo, about 1 in 202 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Ganzo?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ganzoThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Ganzo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.