Last Name CHANCE

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Meaning The son of Chance. It is quite possible that Chance may have been a personal name, like Bonaventure, which it exactly represented. 'Chance' generally means a happy accident, a good mishap. The name could also be a variant of Chancey or Chauncey.
Origin English, Irish, Guam

Rank 2,441 (2000 US census) 2,290 (1990 US census)
Count 13,586 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.51%, or 10531 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.97%, or 2306 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.66%, or 90 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.29%, or 175 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.9%, or 258 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.67%, or 227 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Some Popular Lithuanian Baby Names

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Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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