as a Last Name
- 4,603
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Gause
Meaning & Origins
Eastern German: 1. of Old Prussian origin; unexplained. 2. from Czech-Sorbian hus ‘goose’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a goose farmer. 3. possibly also a habitational name for someone from Gaussig near Bautzen.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,603
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Gause per capita
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