How common is the surname Cheesman?

2,008 people in the United States had the surname Cheesman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. It ranked 14,783rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cheesman?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cheesman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cheesman?

Evelyn Cheesman, British entomologist and botanical collector (1881-1969).

Where is the surname Cheesman most common?

Wikidata records people named Cheesman in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cheesman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,008 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Cheesman

An occupational surname, carried by 2,008 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). Cheesman is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

An English occupational surname, a variant of Cheeseman.

Cheesman 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 2,008 people named Cheesman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,021.

#14,783

rank among US surnames

2,008

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,775	Secrist	2,010	153,605
#14,781	Bibi	2,009	153,681
#14,783	Gilyard	2,008	153,758
#14,787	Malan	2,007	153,834

Who is named Cheesman

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

91% of people named Cheesman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cheesmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evelyn Cheesman
British entomologist and botanical collector (1881-1969)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cheesman

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

Questions

How common is the surname Cheesman?: 2,008 people in the United States had the surname Cheesman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. It ranked 14,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheesman?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cheesman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cheesman?: Evelyn Cheesman, British entomologist and botanical collector (1881-1969).
Where is the surname Cheesman most common?: Wikidata records people named Cheesman in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Cheesman?: Cheesman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cheesman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,008 in 2010, down 0.6%.