How common is the surname Cheshire?

3,117 people in the United States had the surname Cheshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,052 Americans. It ranked 10,334th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cheshire?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cheshire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cheshire getting more or less common?

More common. 2,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,117 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Cheshire

A surname, carried by 3,117 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheshire is more common than 93.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,117 people named Cheshire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,052 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,975.

#10,334

rank among US surnames

3,117

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,326	Wegener	3,120	98,957
#10,331	Magruder	3,119	98,989
#10,332	Hauer	3,118	99,020
#10,334	Cheshire	3,117	99,052
#10,337	Madson	3,116	99,084
#10,339	Leroux	3,115	99,116

Who is named Cheshire

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

94% of people named Cheshire identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cheshire

Chesser

Cheshire has the Soundex code C260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C260.

Questions

How common is the surname Cheshire?: 3,117 people in the United States had the surname Cheshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,052 Americans. It ranked 10,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheshire?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cheshire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cheshire getting more or less common?: More common. 2,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,117 in 2010, up 4.8%.