Gainza surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gainza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 215 people carried this name — #86,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 44% from 149 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 839 people named Gainza live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 278
Santa Fe 160
Entre Ríos 131
Jujuy 71
City of Buenos Aires 63
Córdoba 50
Tucumán 49
Salta 37

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Gainza.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 31
Hautes-Pyrénées 17
Gironde 8
Haute-Garonne 7
Gard 6
Morbihan 4
Paris 3
Puy-de-Dôme 1

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

Who carried it

People named Gainza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gabino Gaínza
    Gabino Gaínza 1754–1829 · military personnel
  • Mariano Gainza 1787–1853 · military personnel
  • Francisco Gainza 1818–1879 · Catholic priest
  • Manuel Gaintza 1885–1943 · composer
  • Alberto Gainza Paz 1899–1977 · politician
  • María Gainza 1975– · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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