Cheever is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cheever
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Chevir signifies to master or overcome and Chevre is a goat in French

How popular is Cheever?

Cheever is common in United States.

Cheever is ranked 124044 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cheever bearers increased by 1.743919 per cent in 2010 US census to 2217 since 2000, the surname slipped by 728 spots and ranked at 13657. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.18 90.78
Black 5.64 5
Hispanic or Latino 2.84 1.47
Others 1.67 1.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9 0.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.77 0.83
Cheever is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 3214 people have been found who wears Cheever as their family name. Cheever have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
10,686 Costa Rica3
201,317 England2
29,046 Japan1
277,603 France1
810,193 Indonesia1
1,704,541 India1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
67,388 Australia26
Countries with hundreds of Cheever:
39,199 Philippines258
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Cheever:
12,676 United States2,761

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 34 years old workman Patrick Cheever who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on July 9, 1850 by Montezuma put out from Liverpool. Margaret Cheever, 4 months old U Cheever, James Cheever, Mary Cheever, Carpenter John Cheever, Sarah Cheever, aged 50, are other Cheever that migrated to US.

Cheever Namesakes

  • Abijah Cheever, American Politician
  • Eddie Cheever, Racing driver
  • Eddie Cheever, Racing driver
  • Eddie Cheever, Racing driver
  • Eddie Cheever, Racing driver
  • Caryn Cheever, Actress
  • Eddie Cheever, Racing driver
  • John Cheever, Novelist
  • Ezekiel Cheever, Author
  • Gerry Cheevers, Ice hockey player

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