Ball vs Lance

Ball

name
  • An English surname. 

  • A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073). 

  • A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. 

Lance

name
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance. 

  • A surname originating as a patronymic. 

How often have the words Ball and Lance occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )