Lancel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Lancel

The noble surname Lancel originated in the region of Maine, in France. Lancel 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 Lancel family

Early History of the Lancel family

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

Lancel Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Lancel family

• a Lancelin, born in Laval in the eighteenth century, who was a poet...

Lancel Ranking

France, the name Lancel is the 7,985^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Lancel family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 20 individuals who arrived onto Canadian shores from France between 1600 and 1900. Most arrived during the nineteenth century, but some immigrated earlier, such as James Lancette, who lived in Ontario in the eighteenth century. Nicolas Lanciaux worked in Saint-Charles-Richelieu, Quebec, in 1760.