The Cheney surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,573 people carried this name — #2,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 12,970 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Cheney surname
Variant of Chesney.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cheney» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Cheney.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haute-Saône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Cheney in American newspapers,
1906–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 657,956 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cheney,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Cheney d. 1820
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Harriet Margaret Cheney d. 1852
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John Cheney 1439–
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Elizabeth Cheney 1471–1505
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Thomas Cheney 1485–1558 · politician
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Joseph Cheney 1709–1779
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cheney.
- Chenaille 134 · U.S. census
- Chenard 661 · U.S. census
- Chenault 4,278 · U.S. census
- Chene 272 · U.S. census
- Cheneau 149 · U.S. census
- Chenet 285 · U.S. census
- Cheng 32,982 · U.S. census
- Chenier 1,277 · U.S. census
- Chenot 321 · U.S. census
- Cher 251 · U.S. census
- Cheri 236 · U.S. census
- Cherif 341 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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