The Gana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 422 people carried this name — #49,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 24% from 340 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 155 people named Gana.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 149 people named Gana 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 Salta.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Gana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Federico Gana 1867–1926 · writer -
Juan Pío de Gana d. 1807 · military personnel
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Leonardo Gana 1893–1983 · physician
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Fethi Gana 1934–2016 · engineer
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Fethi Gana 1934–2016 · engineer
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Jerry Gana 1945– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gana.
- Game 405 · U.S. census
- Gamel 1,177 · U.S. census
- Gamelin 408 · U.S. census
- Gamet 553 · U.S. census
- Gamez 24,256 · U.S. census
- Gamon 778 · U.S. census
- Gancarz 536 · U.S. census
- Gance 132 · U.S. census
- Ganci 727 · U.S. census
- Gandel 111 · U.S. census
- Gander 1,804 · U.S. census
- Gandia 662 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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