How common is the surname Hance?

4,464 people in the United States had the surname Hance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,163 Americans. It ranked 7,466th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hance?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hance?

Rei Hance, American actress and writer, followed by Henry Fletcher Hance.

Where is the surname Hance most common?

Wikidata records people named Hance in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Hance getting more or less common?

More common. 4,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,464 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Hance

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,464 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hance is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

From Hann + the patronymic suffix -s. In Scotland, a contraction of Angus.

Hance is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,464 people named Hance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,163 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,277.

#7,466

rank among US surnames

4,464

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,461	Shockey	4,467	69,117
#7,463	Herren	4,466	69,132
#7,465	Boyett	4,465	69,148
#7,466	Hance	4,464	69,163
#7,467	Lambright	4,463	69,179

Who is named Hance

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Hance identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hances

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rei Hance
American actress and writer, born 1974
Henry Fletcher Hance
British diplomat and botanist (1827-1886)
Kent Hance
American politician, born 1942

Notable Hances come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hance

Hance has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Questions

Where does the surname Hance come from?: From Hann + the patronymic suffix -s. In Scotland, a contraction of Angus.
How common is the surname Hance?: 4,464 people in the United States had the surname Hance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,163 Americans. It ranked 7,466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hance?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hance?: Rei Hance, American actress and writer, followed by Henry Fletcher Hance.
Where is the surname Hance most common?: Wikidata records people named Hance in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Hance?: Hance is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hance getting more or less common?: More common. 4,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,464 in 2010, up 4.4%.