Gans History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Gans family

The surname Gans was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since early times.

Early History of the Gans family

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Gans Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gand, Gans, Gant, Gond, Gons, Gont, Gande, Gonde, Gandes, Gondes, Gante, Gonte, Gantes, Gontes, de Gand and many more.

Early Notables of the Gans family

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Gans Ranking

In the United States, the name Gans is the 12,625^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Gans migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gans Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hendrich Gans, who settled in Philadelphia in 1739
Hendrich Gans, aged 34, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1739 2
Frantz Henrich Gans, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1747 2
Thomas Gans, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 2
Johann Gans, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 2
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Gans Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Philip Gans, who landed in New York in 1830 2
Balzee Gans, who arrived in New York in 1830 2
Georg Friedrich Gans, who landed in America in 1834 2
Jacob Gans, who landed in Tippecanoe County, Ind in 1850 2
L Gans, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Gans (post 1700) +

Sigmund J. Gans, American politician, Member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909-10 3
Maria L. Gans, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Moundsville, West Virginia, 1869-87 3
Julius J. Gans (1896-1973), American Democratic Party politician, Member of New York State Assembly, 1936-37, 1939-54 3
Edward M. Gans, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Norwalk; elected 1932 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html