The Cheek surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,020 people carried this name — #2,273 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 15,566 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cheek surname

A pre-Norman surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cheek» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

28 Cheek families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 142 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 15
Maine 10
Virginia 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 233 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Cheek in American newspapers,
1904–1926.

Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Cheek
The Rice Belt Journal 1904-03-04
Newspaper page from The Baraboo News carrying the name Cheek
The Baraboo News 1911-07-27
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Cheek
The Montgomery Advertiser 1926-10-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,528 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cheek in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

15,874 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cheek. The most, 3,603, date from the 1910s. South Australia has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 4.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 7,143
Tasmania 4,765
Victoria 1,848
New South Wales 1,260
Queensland 390
Western Australia 389
ACT (Canberra) 36
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cheek.

Who carried it

People named Cheek,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Cheek 1570–1659 · politician
  • Joel Owsley Cheek 1852–1935 · businessperson
  • John Cheek 1855–1942 · politician
  • John Cheek 1855–1942 · politician
  • Harry Cheek 1879–1927 · baseball player
  • Thomas Cheek 1894–1994 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cheek,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States930 records

930 records of the Cheek name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 643
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 204
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kenneth Norris Cheek

    Born 1948; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mack S. Cheek

    Born 1918 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Cheek

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Great Western from Bristol, aged 29; sailor. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 930 records for Cheek in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia94 records

94 records of the Cheek name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 42
  • Tasmanian Names Index 39
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Thomas Cheek

    Died 1899 in Evandale, Tasmania, aged 74. Will registered in Tasmania in 1899.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John William Cheek

    Born 1855 in Launceston, Tasmania. Married 1886 in Westbury, Tasmania, aged 31.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susannah Cheek

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Escort, aged 26; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 94 records for Cheek in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada28 records

28 records of the Cheek name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 18
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William A. Cheek

    Buried in 1941 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 46.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Robert G. Cheek

    Died 1949 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Cheek

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 28 records for Cheek in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Cheek name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Cheek

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. P. Cheek

    East Surrey Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Cheek

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Cheek name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Lorna Ruth Cheek

    Died 1977, aged 48; buried at Tairua Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Cheek

    Buried in 1895 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Cheek name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mc Kinley Cheek

    Born 1925 in the United States; died 1996 in Malzéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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