Cognomen فانس (Vance 
, Vans , فانس 
) , in all the world, is a common family name. The cognomen فانس is characteristic of U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, and Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, فانس is the forename as well as the last name.