Italian: from a dialect or old form of
Lancia.Italian: from a short form of a personal name
formed with the suffix -lanza or -lancia, as for example
Francalanza and Giallanza.Spanish: from
lanza ‘lance’, either a nickname for a soldier (lancer) or
occupational name for a lance maker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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