The Gage surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,614 people carried this name — #2,187 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 16,022 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gage surname
An occupational surname from Middle English gage, guage (“measure”) for an assayer, or gage (“pledge”) for a moneylender.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gage» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 288 people named Gage.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Gage in American newspapers,
1901–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,194,727 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gage,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Gage d. 1899 · politician
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Sir John Gage d. 1475
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Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet d. 1633
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George Gage d. 1557
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Henry Gage d. 1552
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Theresa Gage d. 1775
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gage.
- Gaden 236 · U.S. census
- Gady 223 · U.S. census
- Gaertner 1,918 · U.S. census
- Gaestel 110 · U.S. census
- Gaeta 4,688 · U.S. census
- Gaetan 232 · U.S. census
- Gager 1,261 · U.S. census
- Gaggini 101 · U.S. census
- Gagliano 4,161 · U.S. census
- Gagliardi 5,404 · U.S. census
- Gagliardo 822 · U.S. census
- Gaglio 777 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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