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    The surname Chesney

    A Norman surname, carried by 4,491 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C250 Also a first name

    Chesney: #7,413 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chesney #7,413, 4,491 people Chesney: #7,413 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chesney #7,413, 4,491 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chesney is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,491 people named Chesney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,748 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,239.

    #7,413
    rank among US surnames
    4,491
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,258)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,406Roof4,49468,702
    #7,408Zou4,49368,717
    #7,411Grullon4,49268,732
    #7,413Bonney4,49168,748
    #7,418Breslin4,49068,763
    #7,420DiGiovanni4,48768,809

    Who is named Chesney

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

    88% of people named Chesney identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chesneys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kenny Chesney
      American country musician, born 1968
    • Francis Rawdon Chesney
      British Army general, 1789–1872
    • Dennis K. Chesney
      American astronomer, born 1948

    Notable Chesneys come mostly from the United States (2) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Chesney

    Chesney has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chesney come from?
    From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).
    How common is the surname Chesney?
    4,491 people in the United States had the surname Chesney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,748 Americans. It ranked 7,413th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chesney?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Chesney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chesney?
    Kenny Chesney, American country musician, followed by Francis Rawdon Chesney.
    Where is the surname Chesney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chesney in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    Is the surname Chesney getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,491 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Chesney?
    Chainey, Chaney, Cheeney, Cheney, Cheyne and Cheyney.
    Is Chesney also a first name?
    Yes. Chesney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.