Lancer 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 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 13
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Lancer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lancer family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Labourer 1
Errand Boy 1
Draper Assistant 1
Gas Fitter 1
Leather Maker & Shoe Mercer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Domestic Servant & Gardener 1
Dress Maker 1
General Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lancer

Name Census Frequency
James Lancer 9
Elizabeth Lancer 8
Mary Lancer 8
John Lancer 7
William Lancer 7
George Lancer 6
Edward Lancer 4
Frederick Lancer 4
Annie Lancer 3
Ellen Lancer 3
Emily Lancer 3
Frances Lancer 3
Margaret Lancer 3
Richard Lancer 3
Sarah Lancer 3
Walter Lancer 3
Ada Lancer 2
Alice Lancer 2
Ann Lancer 2
Anne Lancer 2
Arthur Lancer 2
Eliza Lancer 2
Fanny Lancer 2
Florence Lancer 2
Henry Lancer 2

Lancer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Linacre 43% 993
2 Lancer 100% 158
3 Lincer 83% 107

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The surname Lancer is the 2nd most popular variant of Linacre.

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