The Cheeks surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,155 people carried this name — #7,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,769 in 2000.

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In print

Cheeks in American newspapers,
1904.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Cheeks
The Washington Times 1904-05-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Cheeks in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

1,524 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cheeks. The most, 263, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 809
Victoria 297
Queensland 151
South Australia 135
Western Australia 54
Tasmania 48
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Cheeks,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
    Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick 1945–2025 · teacher
  • Albert Cheeks 1952–2026 · taekwondo athlete
  • Judy Cheeks 1954–2025 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cheeks,
in the records of 2 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 States161 records

161 records of the Cheeks name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Pinkney Cheeks

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Houston; farm hand from Robertson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Herbert Cheeks

    Born 1946; from Penns Grove, New Jersey. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bernice Cheeks

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1899, died 1977; buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 161 records for Cheeks in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Cheeks name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susannah Cheeks

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Escort, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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