How common is the surname Cheeseman?

2,298 people in the United States had the surname Cheeseman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. It ranked 13,271st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cheeseman?

Sylvia Cheeseman, British athlete, followed by Gwen Cheeseman.

Where is the surname Cheeseman most common?

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

Is the surname Cheeseman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,298 in 2010, up 5.0%.

What are other spellings of Cheeseman?

Cheesman, Cheseman, Chesman, Chessman, Chiesman and Chisman.

The surname Cheeseman

An occupational surname, carried by 2,298 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheeseman is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

From cheeseman.

Cheeseman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,298 people named Cheeseman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,188.

#13,271

rank among US surnames

2,298

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #12,893)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,263	Franko	2,301	134,179
#13,264	Paull	2,300	134,237
#13,267	Norby	2,299	134,296
#13,271	Rodden	2,298	134,354
#13,278	Balser	2,297	134,413

Who is named Cheeseman

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

90% of people named Cheeseman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cheesemans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sylvia Cheeseman
British athlete, born 1929
Gwen Cheeseman
American field hockey player, born 1951

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cheesman
Cheseman
Chesman
Chessman
Chiesman
Chisman

Surnames that sound like Cheeseman

Cheesman

Cheeseman has the Soundex code C255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C255.

Questions

Where does the surname Cheeseman come from?: From cheeseman.
How common is the surname Cheeseman?: 2,298 people in the United States had the surname Cheeseman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. It ranked 13,271st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheeseman?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cheeseman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cheeseman?: Sylvia Cheeseman, British athlete, followed by Gwen Cheeseman.
Where is the surname Cheeseman most common?: Wikidata records people named Cheeseman in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Cheeseman?: Cheeseman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cheeseman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,298 in 2010, up 5.0%.
What are other spellings of Cheeseman?: Cheesman, Cheseman, Chesman, Chessman, Chiesman and Chisman.