Find out how popular the last name Cange is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Cange.

Cange, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Cange surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cange in America

Cange is the 47006th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cange surname appeared 452 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Cange.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cange to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cange

The surname CANGE has its origins in France, where it first appeared in the late 11th century. It is derived from the Old French word "cange," which means "exchange" or "barter." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who worked as a trader or merchant.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name CANGE can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which was a survey of land ownership in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. The name is listed as "Cange" in this document.

In the 13th century, there are records of a family named CANGE living in the village of Cange, located in the region of Burgundy, France. This village may have been named after the family or vice versa.

One notable bearer of the CANGE surname was Jacques de Cange, a French lawyer and historian who lived from 1585 to 1656. He wrote several important works on French legal history and was considered an authority on medieval law.

Another individual with the CANGE surname was Charles du Fresne, Sieur du Cange, who was born in 1610 in Amiens, France, and died in 1688. He was a renowned philologist and lexicographer, best known for his work on the medieval Latin glossary "Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis."

In the 17th century, there was a French noble family called CANGE de Navarre, who owned land and estates in the Navarre region of France. One member of this family, Jean-Baptiste de Cange de Navarre, was born in 1674 and served as a military officer in the French army.

In the 18th century, a French nobleman named Louis-Armand de Cange, born in 1725, was appointed as the Governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) in 1763. He held this position until his death in 1770.

Another notable bearer of the CANGE surname was Pierre-Henri de Cange, a French architect who lived from 1734 to 1804. He designed several significant buildings in Paris, including the Church of Saint-Sulpice and the Palais de Justice.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cange

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Cange.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Cange was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cange has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Cange was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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