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Vince Family History

This interesting surname, which is chiefly found in the East Anglia region, is a variant of "Vincent", an English and French surname deriving from a medieval personal name, from the Latin name "Vincentius", a derivative of "vincere", to conquer. The personal name was borne by a 3rd Century Spanish martyr widely venerated in the Middle Ages, and by a 5th Century monk and writer of Lerins, and by other early saints. In Eastern Europe it was popular in honour of Wincenty Kadlubek (deceased 1223), a bishop of Cracow and an early chronicler, especially venerated in Silesia.