Gandy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gandy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Also written Gandil, Gandit, the name is focused in Savoie and Isère (there are also Gandil in the Tarn). It is a personal name of Germanic origin, Gandilo (see Gandolfo for the direction of the Ghent-root). Diminutives: Gandilhon (15) Gandillet (71, 39) Gandilliet (77), Gandillon (85, 77), Gandillot (25).

How popular is Gandy?

Gandy is common in United States.

Gandy is ranked 30582 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gandy bearers increased by 4.544545 per cent in 2010 US census to 10444 since 2000, the surname slipped by 127 spots and ranked at 3417. The last name was found in around 35 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.94 68.54
Black 27.8 27.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.53 1.35
Others 2.34 1.74
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.88 0.88
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.43
Gandy is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 16438 people have been found who wears Gandy as their family name. Gandy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
13,220 Thailand6
11,480 Japan4
14,193 Egypt3
26,321 Israel3
20,595 China2
6,103 Cyprus2
21,929 Algeria2
21,529 Singapore2
9,116 Nicaragua1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
12,741 Ecuador1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
53,033 Nigeria1
21,562 Portugal1
40,340 Malaysia1
801 Cape Verde1
10,190 Bahrain1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,191 Afghanistan1
6,820 Angola1
7,790 Zambia1
12,270 Lebanon1
47,891 Norway1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Isle of Man1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
5,467 Haiti1
81,201 Switzerland1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
7,941 Guatemala1
25,746 Finland1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
3,350 Fiji1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,712 Indonesia46
269,016 Russia29
9,692 Ireland27
368,094 India25
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
42,407 Sweden22
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
4,622 Wales79
16,172 Peru71
10,189 New Zealand66
Countries with hundreds of Gandy:
15,193 France625
8,684 Australia325
19,321 South Africa310
15,513 Canada240
16,087 Mexico236
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
64,630 Brazil143
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Gandy:
4,547 England1,629
Countries with ten thousands of Gandy:
3,322 United States12,080
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 17 years old immigrant John Gandy who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on August 23, 1850 by Washington put out from Liverpool. Patrick Gandy (11) Immigrant, Michael Gandy (22) Workman, Thomas Gandy (40) Workman, Catherine Gandy, Mary Gandy, aged 14, Workwoman Judith Gandy, U Gandy (Born at sea) Infant, are other Gandy that migrated to US.

From Italy

Michela Gandy worked as farm servant and hailed from Italy. 48 years old embarked for New Haven from Naples on Rugia and arrived on September 8, 1894.

Comments

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Pok Lemmond
 gandy is noon surname, represents the Latinized form of ghent, name of Germanic origin derived from wand turn ghent is a masculine first name of the origin of the name is Germanic etymology comes from gandr: wolf = the one who is like the wolf or to ganda: the spark = one who is bright.

Gandy Namesakes

    Helen Gandy, American civil servant who was the secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover
  • Evelyn Gandy, American Politician
  • Helen Gandy, Civil servant
  • Bern Gandy, Film producer
  • Evelyn Gandy, American Politician
  • Candiss Nicole Gandy, Film actress
  • David Gandy, Model
  • Helen Gandy, Civil servant
  • David Gandy, Model
  • Charles Gandy, Physician
  • Dylan Gandy, Football center

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