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Etymology of Lanciaux

What does the name Lanciaux mean?

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

The surname Lanciaux was first found in Maine.

Early History of the Lanciaux family

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Lanciaux Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Lanciaux family

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. He worked with Mr. Visconti and in 1847 founded 'le Monteur des Architectes' and contributed numerous articles on the arts and archaeology to the magazine 'Siècle'. In 1850 he became...
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Lanciaux Ranking

France, the name Lanciaux is the 8,809th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1


Lanciaux migration to Canada +

Lanciaux Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Nicolas Lanciaux worked in Saint-Charles-Richelieu, Quebec, in 1760
Lanciaux Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Julien Lanciaux was a farmer in Evangéline, Quebec in 1871

Contemporary Notables of the name Lanciaux (post 1700) +

  • Concetta Lanciaux, French Director of Human Resources in Paris


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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