Hance Family History
Hance Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Hann.English: plural form of Hand.Scottish: shortened form
of Machans, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis, a
patronymic from the personal name Aonghus (see Angus).
Compare McInnes.French: derivative of German
Hans.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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Name Distribution of Hance Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hance families
 33 - 64  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hance families
|
75 - 148 26 - 74 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hance census records
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Hance Family Origin
Hance Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hance
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hance Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hance census records
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Hance Civil War Service Records
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