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The Gandy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,444 people carried this name — #3,417 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 9,990 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gandy surname

Spelling variant of the surname Cantey

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gandy» (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 380 people named Gandy.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Savoie.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Savoie 86
Isère 85
Rhône 50
Creuse 32
Paris 27
Calvados 12
Haute-Vienne 9
Ain 7

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

In print

Gandy in American newspapers,
1908–1916.

Newspaper page from The Spokane Press carrying the name Gandy
The Spokane Press 1908-09-19
Newspaper page from The Leavenworth Echo carrying the name Gandy
The Leavenworth Echo 1916-08-04
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Gandy
The Salt Lake Herald 1908-04-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 57,113 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gandy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Gandy
    Joseph Gandy 1771–1843 · architect
  • Joseph Gandy
    Joseph Gandy 1771–1843 · architect
  • Jane Gandy d. 1883
  • Henry Gandy d. 1888
  • Barbara Gandy d. 1865
  • James Gandy 1619–1689 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gandy.

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