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The hance Surname

hance Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from the personal name Hann.
  2. English: plural form of Hand.
  3. Scottish: shortened form of Machans, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis, a patronymic from the personal name Aonghus (see Angus). Compare McInnes.
  4. French: derivative of German Hans.
  5. Dutch: from an aphetic form of the personal name Johannes (see John).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hance Families in the US in 1920
Number of hance families
 33-64
 12-32
 1-11
 0
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