# Cheeseman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cheeseman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made cheese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,298 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,271 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,354 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (2,188 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cheesman, Cheseman, Chesman, Chessman, Chiesman, Chisman |

## Etymology

From cheeseman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cheeseman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cheeseman in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Cheeseman

- Sylvia Cheeseman, British athlete
- Gwen Cheeseman, American field hockey player

## Similar surnames

Cheesman, Cushman, Cashman, Cusumano, Chagnon, Coachman, Cusimano, Caughman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.