Gaunt Family History
Gaunt Name Meaning
habitational name from Ghent in Flanders, from which
many wool workers and other skilled craftsmen migrated to England in
the early Middle Ages. The surname is found most commonly in West
Yorkshire, around Leeds. The Flemish place name is first recorded in
Latin documents as Gandi and Gandavum; it is apparently
of Celtic origin, but of uncertain meaning.from a nickname from
Middle English gaunt ‘thin’, ‘wasted’, ‘haggard’ (of uncertain,
possibly Scandinavian, origin).variant of Gant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gaunt
Name Distribution of Gaunt Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gaunt families
 25 - 47  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gaunt families
|
749 - 1,495 250 - 748 |
1 - 249 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gaunt families
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11 - 19 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gaunt Family Origin
Gaunt Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gaunt
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Gaunt Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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