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Lance History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
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France

The noble surname Lance originated in the region of Maine, in France. Lance is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. Topographic names were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between individuals and their homelands, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, people who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original villages, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Lance family

The surname Lance was first found in Maine.

Early History of the Lance family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lance research. The years 1813, 1847, 1850, 1852 and 1854 are included under the topic Early Lance History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lance Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lanciault, Lance, Lalance, Lancelle, Lancel, Lancelin, Lanciaux, Lancette and many more.

Early Notables of the Lance family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

a Lancelin, born in Laval in the eighteenth century, who was a poet...
Adolphe-Etienne Lance, born in Littry (Calvados) in 1813, was an architect...

Lance Ranking

In the United States, the name Lance is the 2,622^nd most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Lance is ranked the 5,376^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Lance migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lance Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Gowin Lance, who sailed to Virginia in 1638

Lance Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Philip Lance, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1749

Lance Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Lance, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 3
James Lance, who arrived in New York in 1820
John Lance, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1820
James Lance, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1846
John Lance, who settled in Philadelphia in 1852
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Lance migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lance Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

William Thomas Lance was a printer in Montreal in 1891

Lance migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Lance Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Richard Lance, aged 18, who arrived in South Australia in 1857 aboard the ship "Royal Albert"

Contemporary Notables of the name Lance (post 1700) +

D Jeffrey Lance, American lawyer who served in the state administration of Missouri
Peter Lance, American five-time News & Documentary Emmy Award winning journalist and author, recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Major Lance (1939-1994), American R&B singer
Leonard J. Lance (b. 1952), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (2009-)
Thomas Bertram "Bert" Lance (1931-2013), American businessman, 23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1977)
Leslie E. Lance, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Michigan State House of Representatives 106th District, 1974
Leonard A. Lance, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Jefferson County, 1919
Leonard Lance (b. 1952), American Republican politician, Member of New Jersey State Senate 23rd District, 2002-; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 2009-
Dowe Jefferson Lance (1916-2002), American politician, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1961-62
Donald Lance Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996
... (Another 9 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)