Gant Family History
Gant Name Meaning
French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or
seller of gloves, from Old French gant ‘glove’ (of Germanic
origin).German: of uncertain origin. In the south, it may
be a topographic name from Middle High German gant ‘scree’, or a
habitational name from a place named with this word. Compare
Gander. It could also be a metonymic occupational name for an
auctioneer from Middle High German gant ‘auction’ (see
Ganter 1), for which a glove (gantus, French
gant) was set up as a sign (see 1). A third possibility is that
it is a variant of Gans, from Low German gante ‘goose’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gant Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gant families
 70 - 137  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gant families
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109 - 216 37 - 108 |
1 - 36 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gant families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gant Family Origin
Gant Immigration Information
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Gant Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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