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You can find this surname in Germany,Italy,Spain,USA,Argentina, Australia. Italian GANZA are from Lombardy, the area of COMO/SONDRIO, with at least two variants GANZA and GANZETTI. Both surnames could come from an old medieval first name GANZA, a feminine name.
However I do not know anything about the German or Spanish GANZA. Could anybody explain me please?
Thank you
However I do not know anything about the German or Spanish GANZA. Could anybody explain me please?
Thank you
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The word Ganza may come from the German Gans or Renaissance French Ganse, both meaning goose. 'Ganza', from the renaissance French word 'ganse', was a kind of gut string used to adorn dresses; this is found in 'Dizionario Etimologico Battisti-Alessio. Gans comes from Sanskrit HANS.
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