Lancelot Surname

143,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Lancelot Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lancelot' Very common in Cumberland and N. England generally for many centuries. The nick, was Lance, which see. For further information, v. Lancelin.

Acelot Bryon, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

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Lancelot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2,4121:27,5383,339
United States2521:1,438,32998,774
Belgium1041:110,54516,500
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Canada491:751,95159,756
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
England321:1,741,18971,393
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
India211:36,526,923420,161
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Wales71:442,07621,198
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Saint Lucia71:25,5401,703
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
China51:273,464,31313,838
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Dominica11:75,891912
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Lancelot (9,145) may also be a first name.

Lancelot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lancelot' Very common in Cumberland and N. England generally for many centuries. The nick, was Lance, which see. For further information, v. Lancelin.

Acelot Bryon, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Acelota Palmer, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Lanslot Colynson, 1509: Register of the University of Oxford.

Lancilot Colynson, Yorkshire, 1513.: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Lancelot Hethe, 1548: St. Dionis Backchurch.

Lancelot Hutton, 1640: WV.

Lancelot Crow, 1612: ibid.

1568. Baptised — William, s. Fryseley Launcelott: St. Michael, Cornhill.

John Lancelott, of Neston, 1618: Wills at Chester.

Hugh Lancelott, of Little Neston, husband man: ibid. (1660-80).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin) the French L’Ancelet, L'Ancelot = The Servant [Old French ancel, a servant + the diminutive suff. -et, -ot; Latin ancilla, a maidservant] The French names Ancelet, Ancelot, Ancelin (without the prefixed article) are considered also to be from Ansel, an apocopa­ted form of the Teutonic Anselm: v. Anselm.

And there Merlyn wrote her [their] names upon the tombe with letters of gold that shold fyghte in that place, whos names were Launcelot de Lake and Trystram.— Malory, Morte d’Arthur, II. viii.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lancelot Last Name Facts

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

Lancelot (Marathi: लान्सलोट) occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lancelot? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 143,881st most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,358,429 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Lancelot reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Lancelot is also the 64,983rd most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 9,145 people.

This surname is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 2,412 people, or 1 in 27,538. In France it is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 17 percent reside and Brittany, where 15 percent reside. Not including France it is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 percent reside.

Lancelot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lancelot has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,938 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 188 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lancelot Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Lancelot last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Lancelot last name are 9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.77% being registered with the party.

The amount Lancelot earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 14.88% less than the national average, earning 294,591 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.94% more than the national average, earning $47,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.72% less than the national average, earning $46,843 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lancelot Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lancelot in the Marathi language
लान्सलोटlansalota30.77
लान्सलॉटlansalota15.38
लँन्सीलॉटlamnsilota15.38
लायन्सलोटlayansalota15.38
लॉनलॉटlonalota7.69
लायोनेलlayonela7.69
लान्सीलॉटlansilota7.69

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