How common is the surname McChesney?

3,590 people in the United States had the surname McChesney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,002 Americans. It ranked 9,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McChesney?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McChesney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McChesney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,590 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname McChesney

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,590 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M225

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McChesney is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an tSasanaigh (“son of the Englishman”), from Sasanach (“Englishman”).

McChesney is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,590 people named McChesney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,002 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,549.

#9,100

rank among US surnames

3,590

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,545)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,092	Dart	3,594	85,906
#9,093	Rael	3,592	85,954
#9,097	Sale	3,591	85,978
#9,100	Blow	3,590	86,002
#9,104	Pavon	3,589	86,026
#9,108	Wiest	3,588	86,049

Who is named McChesney

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

95% of people named McChesney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McChesney

McKechnie

McChesney has the Soundex code M225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M225.

Questions

Where does the surname McChesney come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an tSasanaigh (“son of the Englishman”), from Sasanach (“Englishman”).
How common is the surname McChesney?: 3,590 people in the United States had the surname McChesney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,002 Americans. It ranked 9,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McChesney?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McChesney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McChesney?: McChesney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McChesney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,590 in 2010, up 1.2%.