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The Gac surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 291 people carried this name — #67,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 265 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gac surname

From gac (“bat”) or a derivative of the personal name Gaweł.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gac» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

2,236 people named Gac have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,406 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 468
Masovian 459
Łódź 186
Lesser Poland 178
Pomeranian 148
Lublin 145
Silesian 136
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 132

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 665 people named Gac.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Finistère 480
Seine-Maritime 23
Morbihan 18
Paris 17
Côtes-d’Armor 14
Nord 9
Yvelines 8
Maine-et-Loire 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Gac,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pablo Gac Espinoza 1930–1974 · politician
  • Roberto Gac 1941–

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gac is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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