How common is the surname Cherney?

1,577 people in the United States had the surname Cherney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cherney?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cherney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cherney getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, down 10%.

The surname Cherney

A surname, carried by 1,577 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cherney is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,577 people named Cherney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,754.

#17,764

rank among US surnames

1,577

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-10.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,364)

Who is named Cherney

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

96% of people named Cherney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cherney

Cherney has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

How common is the surname Cherney?: 1,577 people in the United States had the surname Cherney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cherney?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cherney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cherney getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, down 10%.