The Gander surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,502 people carried this name — #17,351 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,354 people named Gander live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Nidwalden.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 267 people named Gander.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gander.
- Gamon 629 · U.S. census
- Gana 340 · U.S. census
- Gancarz 515 · U.S. census
- Gance 147 · U.S. census
- Ganci 669 · U.S. census
- Gandel 111 · U.S. census
- Gandia 543 · U.S. census
- Gandini 105 · U.S. census
- Gandolfi 417 · U.S. census
- Gandolfo 1,242 · U.S. census
- Gandre 100 · U.S. census
- Gandy 9,990 · U.S. census
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