Nance Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 91
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 8
Dorset 0
Durham 9
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 19
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 24

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Nance Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nance family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 36
Labourer 5
Tin Miner 3
Charwoman 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Dress Maker 2
Farmer's Daughter 2
Farmer's Sister 2
Nurse 2
Parochial Dependant 2
Tailoress 2
School Mistress 2
File Hardener 2
Wesleyan Minister 2
Evangelist 1
Wife Of A Mariner 1
Boot Maker 1
Groom 1
Formerly Shepherd 1
Labourer Colliery 1
Minister Daughter 1
Retired Shoe Maker 1
Ship Broker 1
Shoe Maker 1
Spring Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nance

Name Census Frequency
William Nance 136
Mary Nance 123
John Nance 120
Elizabeth Nance 95
James Nance 70
Thomas Nance 69
Jane Nance 47
Richard Nance 39
Eliza Nance 35
Henry Nance 33
Sarah Nance 33
George Nance 31
Charles Nance 30
Ann Nance 28
Emma Nance 27
Emily Nance 22
Ellen Nance 21
Annie Nance 20
Catherine Nance 20
Martha Nance 20
Francis Nance 18
Grace Nance 18
Arthur Nance 17
Edith Nance 17
Frances Nance 16

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