Horance Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Horance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia71:629,79127,063
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Horance (227) may also be a first name.

Horance Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Horance Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Horance is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Horance? popularity and diffusion

Horance is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Horance reside; 35 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Horance is also the 596,468th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 227 people.

The surname Horance is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Horance is mostly concentrated in: Grand Bassa County, where 71 percent are found, Lofa County, where 14 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Liberia Horance occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Horance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Horance has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Horance last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horrance932/
Orance92122/
Oranche8633/
O'Rance8616/
Orances864/
Horanse864/
Horanci861/
Horange861/
Orhance861/
Gorance861/
Jorance860/
Chorange8053/
Gorrance8018/
Goranche8010/
Charance803/
Horanger801/
Horeanca801/
Organcie801/
Horanges800/
Gourance800/
Orange7714,444/
Oranje771,575/
Oronce771,169/
Arance77798/
Oranci77111/
Oranca7774/
Horans7744/
Oranke7719/
Oranch7712/
Orancy773/
Oranze773/
Urance772/
Oranse771/
Charrance7560/
Harancher7535/
Khorankeh754/
Kharanche751/
Chourange751/
Uhranchee751/
Charanche751/
Arances712,961/
Oranges71460/
Oranger71378/
Arancet71208/
Orrange71203/
Oransie71139/
Garance71116/
Goranci71110/
Arrance71108/
Orhange71107/
Horanzy71106/
Organci7193/
Oranzie7148/
Harange7132/
Jurance7120/
Aranced7116/
Orhanci7113/
Goranze7111/
Orangke7110/
Horonze716/
Arancer715/
Huranca714/
Hurange712/
O'Range712/
Arancey712/
Haranje711/
Arancez711/
Oronche711/
Horangi711/
Oranchi711/
Orangca711/
Oranjed711/
Orankeh711/
Oreanse711/
Haranci711/
Gorancy711/
Aurance711/
Argance711/
Aranche711/
Chorans711/
Hourans711/
Orangie711/
Jorancy711/
Ourange710/
Uirance710/
Horanza710/
Areance710/
Oroncke710/
Khurange67720/
Arhancet67243/
Charange6793/
Orans6785/
Haranger6783/
Harangee6772/
Aranchet6736/
Choranji6732/
Aranches6730/
Oranç6722/
Kharange6716/
D'Orange6714/
Goranchi6711/
Organsie6711/
Aranchey6710/
Goransch6710/
Auranche6710/
Aranchez677/
Garanche677/
Goroncei676/
Chorangi675/
Khuranje675/
Kharanje674/
Oranz674/
Khorangi673/
Charanze673/
Athrange672/
Orrhanse672/
Harankee671/
Aracence671/
Horandji671/
Oranschi671/
Uranchez671/
Arzancea671/
Arrances671/
Orangich670/
Garrance670/
Churange670/
Garancey670/
Hargonce670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Horance
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