Nancy Surname
Approximately 14,802 people bear this surname
Nancy Surname User-submission:
1. French origin, A habitational name for a person who came from the city of Nancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. 2. Cornish origin, A variant of the surname 'Nance', derived from the Cornish word 'nans,' meaning 'valley'
Nancy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,964 | 1:122,287 | 13,044 |
| Bangladesh | 1,532 | 1:104,019 | 4,444 |
| Kenya | 1,426 | 1:32,384 | 3,532 |
| Nigeria | 1,327 | 1:133,491 | 8,647 |
| Egypt | 1,281 | 1:71,769 | 6,590 |
| France | 1,181 | 1:56,243 | 7,481 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| India | 730 | 1:1,050,774 | 43,743 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Papua New Guinea | 476 | 1:17,130 | 1,712 |
| Indonesia | 333 | 1:397,145 | 33,722 |
| Canada | 228 | 1:161,603 | 16,308 |
| New Zealand | 227 | 1:19,949 | 3,510 |
| Dominican Republic | 185 | 1:56,394 | 2,803 |
| Botswana | 154 | 1:14,201 | 2,743 |
| Australia | 129 | 1:209,269 | 20,284 |
| Cameroon | 116 | 1:179,044 | 18,906 |
| Singapore | 111 | 1:49,619 | 1,908 |
| Malaysia | 105 | 1:280,897 | 15,562 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Belgium | 79 | 1:145,527 | 20,575 |
| Seychelles | 70 | 1:1,320 | 306 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Mexico | 40 | 1:3,103,155 | 23,265 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Haiti | 33 | 1:323,755 | 10,333 |
| Mauritius | 33 | 1:39,194 | 7,252 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 1:443,767 | 3,219 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 90 | 1:557,985 | 38,227 |
Nancy (3,452,918) may also be a first name.
Nancy Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
1. French origin, A habitational name for a person who came from the city of Nancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. 2. Cornish origin, A variant of the surname 'Nance', derived from the Cornish word 'nans,' meaning 'valley'
- ethantownsendNancy Demographics
Average Male Nancy Height
175.86 cm
Average Female Nancy Height
163.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Nancy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nancy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nancy (Arabic: نانسى, Hindi: नैन्सी, Marathi: नाच्य) is most common in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nancy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,676th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 492,335 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Nancy are found; 19 percent are found in North America and 18 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Nancy is also the 123rd most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 3,452,918 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,964 people, or 1 in 122,287. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 12 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States Nancy is found in 111 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 percent reside.
Nancy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nancy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nancy surname expanded 3,293 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 227 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 850 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nancy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Nancy last name are 5.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.6% registered with the party.
The amount Nancy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 46.35% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,400 per year; in South Africa they earn 95.73% less than the national average, earning R 10,152 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.73% less than the national average, earning $20,039,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.47% less than the national average, earning $39,061 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.09% less than the national average, earning $42,185 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nancy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy in the Hindi language | ||
| नैन्सी | nainsi | 75.91 |
| नैनसी | nainasi | 24.09 |
| Nancy in the Marathi language | ||
| नाच्य | nacya | 66.67 |
| नाची | naci | 11.11 |
| नन | nana | 11.11 |
| नाच्या | nacya | 11.11 |
| Nancy in the Arabic language | ||
| نانسى | nansy | - |
| ننسي | nnsy | - |
| نانسي | nansy | - |
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