The surname Cheema
A Punjabi surname, carried by 2,525 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C500
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਚੀਮਾ (cīmā).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,525 people named Cheema in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,275 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,441.
Who is named Cheema
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Cheema identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Cheema has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Cheema come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਚੀਮਾ (cīmā).
- How common is the surname Cheema?
- 2,525 people in the United States had the surname Cheema in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,275 Americans. It ranked 12,312th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cheema?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cheema identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cheema getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,525 in 2010, up 75%.