# Nance (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nance/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Cornish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,487 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,855 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (22,900 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nance in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nance in the United States.

## People named Nance

- Jack Nance, American actor (1943–1996)
- Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player (born 1993)
- Larry Nance, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Ray Nance, American jazz musician (1913–1976)
- Pete Nance, American basketball player (born 2000)

## Similar surnames

Nanez, Nunez, Nunes, Nemec, Niemiec, Nims, Nuncio.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.