Chancey Family History
Chancey Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the
various places in France named Chancé.Americanized
spelling of German Schanze, a habitational name from Schanze, a
place in the Upper Rhine, or a variant of Schantz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Chancey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chancey families
 27 - 52  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chancey families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Chancey last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chancey census records
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Chancey Family Origin
Chancey Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chancey
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Chancey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chancey census records
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Chancey Civil War Service Records
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