Gannan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 10
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gannan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gannan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Plasterer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Coal Miner 1
General Collier Labourer 1
School Governess 1
Teacher In Private School 1
Maltster 1
Dress Maker 1
Working On Account 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gannan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gannan 16
John Gannan 11
James Gannan 10
Bridget Gannan 8
Margaret Gannan 8
Thomas Gannan 8
William Gannan 6
Catherine Gannan 5
Henry Gannan 5
Hannah Gannan 4
Michael Gannan 4
Charles Gannan 3
Sarah Gannan 3
Ann Gannan 2
Elizabeth Gannan 2
Francis Gannan 2
Isabella Gannan 2
Maggie Gannan 2
Martin Gannan 2
Peter Gannan 2
Alice Gannan 1
Andrew Gannan 1
Augustin Gannan 1
Cornelias Gannan 1
David Gannan 1

Gannan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gannon 83% 7,866
2 Gannan 100% 140

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The surname Gannan is the 2nd most popular variant of Gannon.

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