Gargano

• Spanish:/ɡaɾɣano/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Italian:/ɡarɡano/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Gargano is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Gárgano, Gargàno

• Russian surname9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, Italy

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Гарган, Гаргано, Gargan

43 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.

Gargano is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, a peninsula on the coast of Puglia (often represented as the spur of the boot of Italy)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, oriundo da península de Gargano; de pré-latino garga, ‘cavidade, baixio’

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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.

• Nicholas Garganob. 1934GBEnglish boxer (1934–2016)
• Walter Garganob. 1984UYUruguayan footballer (born 1984)
• Johnny Garganob. 1987USAmerican professional wrestler

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).

25 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 15 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Gargano mean, and where does it come from?

apparently a regional name from Gargano, an extensive area of Apulia, but more likely from a typically Sicilian variant of the personal name Galgano, itself a variant of Galvano, Italian equivalent of… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Gargano?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /ɡaɾɣano/; in Italian /ɡarɡano/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Gargano?

In the United States, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Gargano, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gargano. After it come Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Switzerland; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Gargano most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gargano is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 13 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Gargano?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,633 people named Gargano in 2010, about 1 in 126 thousand residents.

How common is Gargano compared with other names?

In Italy, Gargano is the 791st most common surname of 502,013 surnames recorded there.