The Gagner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,684 people carried this name — #16,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,534 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gagner surname
From the French Canadian surname, variant of Gagné.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gagner» (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 148 people named Gagner.
Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Vienne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
157 people named Gagner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Gagner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Gagner 1835–1912 · engineer -
Marie Louise Gagner 1868–1933 · writer -
Larry Gagner 1943– · American football player -
Lars Peter Gagner 1791–1869 · priest
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Emil Gagner 1877–1951 · conductor
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Michel Gagner 1960– · surgeon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gagner.
- Gagliardi 5,404 · U.S. census
- Gagliardo 822 · U.S. census
- Gaglio 777 · U.S. census
- Gaglione 697 · U.S. census
- Gagnard 338 · U.S. census
- Gagne 9,507 · U.S. census
- Gagnet 124 · U.S. census
- Gagnier 1,180 · U.S. census
- Gagnon 21,208 · U.S. census
- Gago 670 · U.S. census
- Gai 515 · U.S. census
- Gaia 293 · U.S. census
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