Gans Family History
Gans Name Meaning
from Dutch and German gans ‘goose’,
hence a nickname for a foolish person or a metonymic occupational name
for someone who bred or tended geese, or a habitational name for
someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a
goose.nickname for a healthy or strong person, from Middle Low
German gans ‘whole’, ‘complete’, ‘healthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gans Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gans families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gans Family Origin
Gans Emigration Information (US)
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Gans Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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