Gagnon Family History
Gagnon Name Meaning
nickname for an aggressive or belligerent man, from Old
French gagnon ‘ mastiff’, ‘guard dog’.possibly from
Occitan ganhon ‘young pig’, applied as an offensive
nickname. See also Gonyeau.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gagnon Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gagnon families
 308 - 614  103 - 307 |
 1 - 102  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gagnon families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gagnon Family Origin
Gagnon Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gagnon
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Gagnon Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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