Lança Surname
Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname
Lança Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1,396 | 1:7,463 | 696 |
| Brazil | 100 | 1:2,140,743 | 67,134 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Lanca (2,177) & Lanča (353) are calculated separately.
Lança Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lança Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lança (Hindi: लान्चा) is found most frequently in Portugal. It may also be rendered as: Lanca or Lanča. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lança? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 260,442nd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,832,590 people. Lança occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Lança live; 93 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent live in Iberian Europe.
It is most widely held in Portugal, where it is borne by 1,396 people, or 1 in 7,463. Barring Portugal this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Lança Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lança has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lança Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lança in the Hindi language | ||
| लान्चा | lanca | - |
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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 Lança
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