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    The surname Cheek

    A surname, carried by 16,020 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheek is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A pre-Norman surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,020 people named Cheek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,273 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,566.

    #2,273
    rank among US surnames
    16,020
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,140)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,265Lyles16,06219,222
    #2,266Dias16,04419,244
    #2,268McNally16,03919,250
    #2,269Schreiber16,03419,256
    #2,270Earl16,02719,264
    #2,271Berman16,02519,266
    #2,272Schaeffer16,02419,268

    Who is named Cheek

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Cheek identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cheeks

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Molly Cheek
      American actress, born 1950
    • Martin Roy Cheek
      British botanist (born 1960)
    • Alison Cheek
      American priest (1927-2019)

    Notable Cheeks come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cheek

    Cheek has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cheek?
    16,020 people in the United States had the surname Cheek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,273 Americans. It ranked 2,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cheek?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Cheek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cheek?
    Molly Cheek, American actress, followed by Martin Roy Cheek.
    Where is the surname Cheek most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cheek in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Cheek getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,020 in 2010, up 2.9%.