Tracing the Gause Family Name

Anyone researching Gause should also look under Gauss.

What does the surname Gause mean?

Its meaning, shared with Gauss, is “Dweller at the sign of the goose; one with some characteristic of a goose”. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Gause with 5,610 bearers, at rank 6,111.

How is Gause related to Gauss?

Before spelling was fixed, Gauss was also written Gause. The same family of names includes Gaus.

Does every Gause family have a crest?

Arms linked to Gauss and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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