Gan Family History
Gan Name Meaning
Chinese : although the character for Gan is the same
as that in the name of the western province Gansu, the two sources of
the surname are not related to that of the province. One source of the
surname is Gan Pan, a senior minister to the Shang dynasty king Wu
Ding (1324–1266 bc). The other source is a town named Gan
in Shaanxi province that was granted to a descendant of Wu Wang (who
established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc). The grantee’s
descendants adopted the place name as their surname.Hispanic (Filipino): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gan
Name Distribution of Gan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gan families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gan families
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15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gan families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gan census records
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Gan Family Origin
Gan Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gan
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Gan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gan census records
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Gan Civil War Service Records
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAN Leonardo M - Vietnam Wall section 17W |  | t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX | 0 |
| GAN Toni Dell 1937 1990 | | t42chinns_dentoncotx | 0 |
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