Gach

See also: gach and gạch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Gach.

Proper noun

Gach (plural Gachs or Gaches)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gach is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Gach is most common among White (84.75%) and Black/African American (12.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Polish

Etymology

From Polish gach or truncation of personal names beginning with Ga- (e.g. Gaweł, Gabriel) + -ch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡax/
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: Gach
• Homophone: gach

Proper noun

Gach m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Gach

	singular	plural
nominative	Gach	Gachowie
genitive	Gacha	Gachów
dative	Gachowi	Gachom
accusative	Gacha	Gachów
instrumental	Gachem	Gachami
locative	Gachu	Gachach
vocative	Gachu	Gachowie

Proper noun

Gach f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Gach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022