How rare is the last name Lance?

12,256 people in the United States have the last name Lance, about 1 in 24,388. It ranks #2,869 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LANCE

#2,869

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,256
About
1 in 24,388
This common or more
52%
Who bears it

Of the 12,256 people with the last name Lance, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lance

#2,867 Gillette · 12,261#2,868 Slade · 12,257#2,870 Jaeger · 12,252#2,871 Willey · 12,241

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lance, most common first.

#1,174 Lange · 29,442#56,436 Lancey · 391#63,550 Lanci · 339#99,694 Lancy · 194#129,703 Lanke · 137

Also a first name

As a first name, Lance ranks #612 of 53,615, with 86,540 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1970, with 4,173 births. See Lance as a first name

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