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

The Gigandet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 176 people carried this name — #102,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 183 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

466 people named Gigandet live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Jura 149
Bern 95
Vaud 87
Neuchâtel 33
Solothurn 28
Fribourg 20
Valais 16
Zurich 14

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 130 people named Gigandet.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Doubs.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Doubs 69
Territoire de Belfort 14
Jura 11
Ain 6
Haute-Marne 4
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Paris 3
Haut-Rhin 3

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

In print

Gigandet in American newspapers,
1903–1928.

Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Gigandet
The St. Louis Republic 1903-03-22
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Gigandet
The Washington Times 1928-09-08
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Gigandet
Evening Star 1928-09-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 67 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gigandet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georges Imann
    Georges Imann 1889–1977 · writer
  • Charles-Joseph Gigandet 1855–1913 · teacher
  • Roger Gigandet 1924–
  • Xavier Gigandet 1966– · alpine skier
  • Cam Gigandet 1982– · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Gigandet.

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