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Worldwide, شانس (Chance , شانس , شنص) is a common gender-neutral first name. The given name شانس is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Mongolia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and the United States, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Tanzania. Very seldom, شانس is the last name as well as the forename.
شانس is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Chance Chancellor , the fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless and Chance , the name of two unrelated characters in the Marvel Universe.