Nance is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nance
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nance

How popular is Nance?

Nance is common in United States.

Nance is ranked 18394 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nance bearers increased by 4.882096 per cent in 2010 US census to 24018 since 2000, the surname slipped by 56 spots and ranked at 1487. The last name was found in around 81 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.75 73.75
Black 22.71 22.23
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.47
Others 2.16 1.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.33
Nance is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 28375 people have been found who wears Nance as their family name. Nance is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
8,438 China5
2,011 South Korea4
46,068 Philippines3
124,420 Spain3
7,294 Kuwait3
108,034 Italy3
7,574 Bangladesh2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
139,444 Brazil2
1,777 Jersey2
30,360 Thailand1
492,292 Ukraine1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
3,952 Yemen1
81,201 Switzerland1
897,276 Russia1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,678 Singapore1
37,493 Austria1
2,190 Barbados1
12,741 Ecuador1
277,603 France1
16,640 Hong Kong1
31,207 Ireland1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
29,046 Japan1
28,365 Kenya1
6,967 Macedonia1
40,340 Malaysia1
14,373 Jordan1
9,591 Panama1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
38,841 Scotland1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
193,368 Indonesia35
24,534 New Zealand17
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with hundreds of Nance:
6,642 Australia434
22,865 South Africa256
25,123 England194
59,024 Germany168
31,070 Turkey140
29,230 Canada115
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with ten thousands of Nance:
1,472 United States26,834
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Sophia Nance worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Belfast on Annandale and arrived on April 30, 1851.

Nance Namesakes

  • Albinus Nance, Former Governor of Nebraska
  • Malcolm Wrightson Nance, Military Officer
  • Suzanne Nance, Singer
  • John Nance Garner, Former Vice President of the United States
  • Ray Nance, Violinist
  • J. Milton Nance, Historian
  • Jack Nance, Actor
  • Ray Nance, Violinist
  • Consuela Nance, Actress
  • Jack Nance, Actor

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