# Chance (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chance/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,256 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,540 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,657 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (13,586 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [t͡ʃʰɛəns~t͡ʃʰeəns], 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chance in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chance in the United States.

## People named Chance

- Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter, and musician
- Britton Chance, American biochemist and Olympic sailor (1913–2010)
- Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager (1876–1924)
- Dean Chance, American baseball player (1941–2015)

## Similar surnames

Chancey, Chauncey, Chancy, Chang, Chiang, Chuang, Chamness, Canez, Camacho, Chung, Cheng, Cheung.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.