The Chesney surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,491 people carried this name — #7,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,239 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Chesney surname
An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chesney» (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 115 people named Chesney.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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
Chesney in American newspapers,
1914–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 59,374 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chesney,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francis Rawdon Chesney 1789–1872 · writer -
Francis Rawdon Chesney 1789–1872 · writer
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Diana Chesney 1916–2004 · actor -
Chester A. Chesney 1916–1986 · vice president -
Rose Chesney d. 1968
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Charles Cornwallis Chesney 1826–1876 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chesney.
- Cheron 186 · U.S. census
- Cherrier 361 · U.S. census
- Cherubin 779 · U.S. census
- Cherubini 452 · U.S. census
- Chervin 160 · U.S. census
- Chery 4,027 · U.S. census
- Chetcuti 186 · U.S. census
- Chetrit 127 · U.S. census
- Cheung 18,765 · U.S. census
- Cheval 134 · U.S. census
- Chevalier 6,431 · U.S. census
- Chevallier 397 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chesney is.
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