The Lancelot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 157 people carried this name — #111,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 166 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,217 people named Lancelot.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Lancelot live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lancelot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Joachim François Esmé Jean Emmanuel Lancelot-Dubourg 1749–1806 · politician -
Dieudonné Lancelot 1822–1895 · illustrator -
Dieudonné Lancelot 1822–1894 · illustrator
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Dieudonné Lancelot 1823–1895 · illustrator
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Dieudonné Lancelot 1823–1894 · illustrator
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Claude Lancelot 1615–1695 · monk
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lancelot.
- Lamy 1,486 · U.S. census
- Lan 3,262 · U.S. census
- Lana 841 · U.S. census
- Lanata 143 · U.S. census
- Lance 13,122 · U.S. census
- Lancelin 149 · U.S. census
- Lancia 565 · U.S. census
- Lancon 637 · U.S. census
- Landa 8,267 · U.S. census
- Landas 221 · U.S. census
- Landau 5,582 · U.S. census
- Landauer 535 · U.S. census
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