Family name Lance (Lance 
, Lanco 
, لانس 
, among others...) , throughout the world, is a common last name. The surname Lance is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, Australia, and France. More frequently, Lance is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Lance | Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, United States |
| Lanco | Australia, France, China, United States, South Africa |
| لانس | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen |
| 蘭斯 | China |
| Ленс | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| לאנס | Israel |
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george lance British artist (1802-1864), GB (b. 1802) |
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george edwin lance East India Company civil servant (b. 1824) |
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| edward jarman lance British commercial traveller and writer, GB (b. 1788) |
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| adolphe lance French architect (1813-1874), FR (b. 1813) |
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| james dupré lance New Zealand politician, NZ (b. 1829) |
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| henry lance English cricketer, GB (b. 1833) |
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thomas lance English racing cyclist, GB (b. 1891) |
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| paul lance FR (b. 1841) |
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| james washington lance (b. 1861) |
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albert lance French opera singer (1925-2013), AU (b. 1925) |
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bert lance American businessman and politician (1931-2013), US (b. 1931) |
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| marcel lance (b. 1874) |
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| john lance American football and college basketball coach (1897-1981), US (b. 1897) |
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peter lance Media journalist and author, US (b. 1948) |
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leonard lance American politician, US (b. 1952) |
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