The surname Cheatwood
A surname, carried by 1,956 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C330
Origin
Variant of Chetwode.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,956 people named Cheatwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,845 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,921.
#15,080
rank among US surnames
1,956
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.8%
change since 2000 (was #14,302)
Who is named Cheatwood
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Cheatwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 4.1%
- Two or more races 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Cheatwood
Cheatwood has the Soundex code C330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C330.
Questions
- Where does the surname Cheatwood come from?
- Variant of Chetwode.
- How common is the surname Cheatwood?
- 1,956 people in the United States had the surname Cheatwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,845 Americans. It ranked 15,080th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cheatwood?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cheatwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cheatwood getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,956 in 2010, up 1.8%.