Rance is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.
Is form of Rhind. The name occurs in the Chartulary of Moray early in the XIII century, and it has been variously spelt Rhynd, Rhind, Rynd, and Rind. It is doubtless territorial, and derived either from the parish of Rhynd, county of Perth, or from the estate of Rhind, in Fifeshire.
The lastname Rance is the variant form of Rands. See Randolf - The baptismal name. It has given rise to many diminutives, as Randoll, Randall, Rankin, Ranecock, Rands, Ranson, Hankin, Hanks, Hankinson, Hankey, etc.
Variant form of Rand. 1. A parish near Wragby, in Lincolnshire. 2. A curt form of Randall or Randolf.
Lastname Rance is the variation of the Rand. Descendant of Rand, a pet form of Randal or Randolph meaning "shield, wolf," or of German names beginning with Rand meaning "shield," as Ranthar and Randulf; one who came from Rand meaning "marshy edge," the name of places in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire; dweller near the rim or edge.
The form of Rund. The round or fat man.
How popular is Rance?
Rance is common in Philippines, England, United States, France, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Rance is ranked 53101 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Rances plummeted by 11.63 per cent to 957 since 2000 and slipped by 3529 spots and ranked at 25751. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
---|---|---|
White | 61.34 | 66.3 |
Black | 31.45 | 28.44 |
Others | 2.82 | 2.68 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2.51 | 1.11 |
Immigrants to US
From Ireland
George Rance was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 24, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Yorkshire from Liverpool. Immigrant Job Rance, are others that migrated to US.
From Italy
Ruffino Rance was 26 years old when she migrated to Utica Ny on April 22, 1898. She lived in Campobasso, Italy where she worked as country man and took Werra from Genoa.
Rance Namesakes
- Hubert Rance, last Governor of British Burma between 1946 and 1948
- Murray Rance, former Australian rules footballer
Rance Namesakes
- Hubert Rance, last Governor of British Burma between 1946 and 1948
- Murray Rance, former Australian rules footballer