Rance is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rance
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

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
Rance is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 9626 people have been found who wears Rance as their family name. Rance is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Rance:
4,260 Philippines3,399
3,266 England2,370
21,976 United States1,593
Countries with hundreds of Rance:
13,445 France716
8,182 Australia392
14,055 Canada271
36,221 South Africa130
18,537 Zimbabwe107
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,273 Wales95
2,252 Jamaica94
8,747 New Zealand82
5,959 Scotland66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
241 Bermuda44
234,077 Indonesia27
50,469 Spain26
53,972 Netherlands26
14,824 Dominican Republic23
294,953 Thailand23
8,362 Ireland22
492,263 India16
18,211 Singapore13
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
440,995 Brazil7
355,097 Nigeria6
53,861 Mexico6
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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

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