How common is the surname Cheeks?

4,155 people in the United States had the surname Cheeks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,307 Americans. It ranked 7,964th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cheeks?

Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach, followed by Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.

Where is the surname Cheeks most common?

Wikidata records people named Cheeks in the United States.

Is the surname Cheeks getting more or less common?

More common. 3,769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,155 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Cheeks

A surname, carried by 4,155 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheeks is more common than 95.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,155 people named Cheeks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,307 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,769.

#7,964

rank among US surnames

4,155

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,106)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,956	Tarantino	4,158	74,253
#7,958	Nipper	4,157	74,271
#7,961	Coss	4,156	74,289
#7,964	Harbour	4,155	74,307
#7,966	Terwilliger	4,153	74,343
#7,968	Bednar	4,151	74,379

Who is named Cheeks

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

73% of people named Cheeks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 73%
White (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Cheekss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maurice Cheeks
American basketball player and coach, born 1956
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
American politician, 1945–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cheeks

Cheeks 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 Cheeks?: 4,155 people in the United States had the surname Cheeks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,307 Americans. It ranked 7,964th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheeks?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Cheeks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cheeks?: Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach, followed by Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
Where is the surname Cheeks most common?: Wikidata records people named Cheeks in the United States.
Is the surname Cheeks getting more or less common?: More common. 3,769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,155 in 2010, up 10%.