How common is the surname Cheney?

13,573 people in the United States had the surname Cheney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,747 Americans. It ranked 2,655th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cheney?

Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (1916-2014), followed by Mary Cheney.

Where is the surname Cheney most common?

Wikidata records people named Cheney in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Cheney?

Cheney is /ˈtʃeɪni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cheney getting more or less common?

More common. 12,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,573 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Cheney

A surname, carried by 13,573 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtʃeɪni/ 2 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheney is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Chesney.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,573 people named Cheney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,747 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,970.

#2,655

rank among US surnames

13,573

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,563)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,646	Tierney	13,608	22,689
#2,648	Braden	13,603	22,697
#2,650	Crouse	13,598	22,705
#2,651	Dowd	13,590	22,719
#2,652	Suggs	13,585	22,727
#2,653	Pickering	13,582	22,732
#2,654	Adam	13,574	22,745

Who is named Cheney

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

90% of people named Cheney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cheneys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dorothy Cheney
American tennis player (1916-2014)
Mary Cheney
American politician (born 1969)
Person Colby Cheney
American politician (1828–1901)
Chris Cheney
Australian rock musician, born 1975

Notable Cheneys come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cheney

Cheney has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Questions

Where does the surname Cheney come from?: Variant of Chesney.
How common is the surname Cheney?: 13,573 people in the United States had the surname Cheney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,747 Americans. It ranked 2,655th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheney?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cheney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cheney?: Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (1916-2014), followed by Mary Cheney.
Where is the surname Cheney most common?: Wikidata records people named Cheney in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Cheney?: Cheney is /ˈtʃeɪni/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cheney getting more or less common?: More common. 12,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,573 in 2010, up 4.6%.