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Early Origins of the Gauche family

The surname Gauche was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this celebrated family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Gauche family

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Gauche Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gochet, Gocher, Gochez, Goché, Gochée, Gochait, Gochaie, Gochaies, Gochey, Gochest, Guchet, Gauchier, Gauche, Gauchet, Gauchot, Gauchelin, Gauchenot, Gauchez, Gaucherel, Gaucheron and many more.

Early Notables of the Gauche family

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Gauche Ranking

In France, the name Gauche is the 6,006th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Gauche family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Gaucher, who arrived in Louisiana in 1720; Etienne Gaucherot, a French dealer in contraband salt, who was deported to Quebec in 1741; François Gaucher dit Bourdelois, de Tranzac en Saintonge, who married Marie-Geneviè.


Contemporary Notables of the name Gauche (post 1700) +

  • Glenn Gauche, American politician, Mayor of Yuba City, California, 1955 2
  • Brigadier-General Maurice-Henri Gauche (1889-1958), French Head of 2nd Bureau Intelligence, General Staff Army (1935-1940) 3


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  3. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Maurice-Henri Gauche. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Gauche/Maurice-Henri/France.html


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