The lachance Surname

lachance Name Meaning and History

French: secondary surname for Pepin, from la chance ‘luck’, hence a nickname for a lucky person (or ironically, an unlucky one).

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The lachance name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lachance family name as far back in history as possible.

lachance Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of lachance Families in the US in 1920

Number of lachance families

51-99

18-50

1-17

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Lachance/MIVILLE marriage 1847 St Barnabe, Que	BGentle	2
Oliver Lachance, Clayton NY	tancock_1	1
Guyon line and Guerin dit LaFontaine line	Ohiowelcome	0
Louis Pepin-Lachance/Marie Guerin-St Hilare m.1790	Sandie Guerard	8
marsha lachance	mmaine50	0
Celine Lachance	catsmeow1457	0
Marie Anne Cadoret and Pierre Senecal	senecal2	0
Peter LaChance	lrast8689	0
LaChance Westbrook Maine are	ellalachance	1
LaChance	edwardjrr2001	0

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