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The Gandia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 662 people carried this name — #34,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 22% from 543 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gandia surname

Habitational surname borrowed from Catalan Gandia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gandia» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 246 people named Gandia 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 117
Mendoza 59
Buenos Aires Province 22
Tucumán 19
City of Buenos Aires 18
Chubut 11

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 84 people named Gandia.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Tarn.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Tarn 15
Hauts-de-Seine 5
Puy-de-Dôme 5
La Réunion 4
Haute-Garonne 4
Loire 3
Tarn-et-Garonne 3
Hérault 2

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

Who carried it

People named Gandia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emili Gandia 1866–1939 · archaeologist
  • Santos Gandia 1899–1975 · cellist
  • David Gandia 1987– · archaeologist
  • Adrián Gandía 1997– · judoka

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Gandia.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gandia is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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