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

Gagni, 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 Gagni surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gagni in America

Gagni is the 145220th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gagni surname appeared 114 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 Gagni.

The history of the last name Gagni

The surname GAGNI has its origins in the Abruzzi region of central Italy, where it first appeared around the 11th century. The name is believed to be derived from the Latin word "gagnum," which means "marshy area" or "wetland." This suggests that the earliest bearers of the name may have lived in or near a marshy region.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the GAGNI name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Ecclesiae Aprutinae, a collection of documents from the 11th to the 13th centuries related to the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria in Abruzzo. In this manuscript, a certain "Petrus de Gagno" is mentioned in a document dated 1142.

The name also appears in several other medieval Italian records, such as the Rationes Decimarum Italiae, a collection of papal tax records from the 13th and 14th centuries. In these records, the name is sometimes spelled as "Gagnio" or "Gagno."

One notable bearer of the GAGNI surname was Francesco Gagni, a 15th-century Italian painter from the town of Viterbo, near Rome. He is known for his frescoes in the Church of Santa Maria della Verità in Viterbo, which were completed around 1470.

Another prominent figure with the GAGNI name was Girolamo Gagni, an Italian botanist and physician who lived in the 16th century. He was born in the town of Bergamo in 1497 and is best known for his work on the medicinal properties of plants.

In the 17th century, a nobleman named Gian Battista Gagni served as the governor of the town of Macerata in the Marche region of Italy. He held this position from 1662 to 1665.

During the 18th century, the GAGNI name can be found in various records from the Kingdom of Naples, which included parts of southern Italy and Sicily at the time. For example, a man named Domenico Gagni is listed as a landowner in the town of Altamura in the 1740s.

In the 19th century, a notable bearer of the GAGNI surname was Giuseppe Gagni, an Italian painter and art teacher who was born in Naples in 1822. He was known for his landscapes and scenes of everyday life in Naples.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gagni

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

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 Gagni 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.

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 Gagni was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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