Last Name GANT

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Meaning	Nickname: The gaunt. Also, local, 'of Gahent.' Also, nickname, 'the gannet,' from 'gante,' the sea-fowl. Nickname: The gaunt, thin, slender. Also, local, 'of Ghent.'

Origin	English, Irish, Romanian, Belgian

Rank	2,490 (2000 US census)	2,257 (1990 US census)

Count	13,268 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

47.19%, or 6261 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
48.29%, or 6407 total occurrences, as black,
0.32%, or 42 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 72 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.34%, or 310 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.32%, or 175 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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