Cheney is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cheney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

The lastname is form of the Cheyne. Modifications of Cheney.

From Quesnay in the canton of Montmartin, department of La Manche, Normandy. De Gerville, Mem . Soc. Antiq. Normandie, 1825; but Mr.Walford with more probability derives the family from Cahagnes in the department of Calvados, a village of 2000 inhabitants, lying S.W.of Caen. They held a fief of the Count of Mortain, and attended him to the Conquest of England; They also denominated Milton Keynes, county of Bucks, Winkley Keynes, county of Devon, Combe Keynes, county of Dorset, and Keynes Court, county of Wilts. Sussex Arch. The orthography has taken numerous forms, particularly De Chaaignes, de Caisneto, De Querceto—the last under an erroneous impression that the name had its origin in chesnaie, a grove of oaks.

Cheney is a variant form of Chaney. A variant of Cheney meaning one who came from Quesney, Cheney, or Chenay, in France.

One who came from Quesney, Cheny, or Chenay meaning "oak grove," in France; dweller near the chain, or barrier, used to close a street at night.

Cheney is the variant of Chesney. Probably Old french chesné-the oak tree.

How popular is Cheney?

Cheney is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Italy, France, South Africa.

Cheney is ranked 23273 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cheney bearers increased by 4.65 per cent in 2010 US census to 13573 since 2000, the surname slipped by 92 spots and ranked at 2655. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.17 92.18
Black 3.16 2.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.8
Others 1.93 1.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.51 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.83 0.61
Cheney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Jersey lie ahead in terms of density. Around 23297 people have been found who wears Cheney as their family name. Cheney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cheney:
2,408 United States18,888
Countries with thousands of Cheney:
4,614 England1,596
2,859 Australia1,309
Countries with hundreds of Cheney:
7,093 Canada612
41,610 Italy174
72,630 France126
37,713 South Africa122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,243 Scotland80
1,075 China72
4,784 Syria52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,222 Northern Ireland37
10,403 Wales21
22,631 New Zealand19
343,519 Thailand16
68,998 Zimbabwe13
18,211 Singapore13
19,471 Estonia12
329,557 Brazil11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
87,318 Belgium9
2,872 Jersey7
94,797 Netherlands7
23,122 Afghanistan7
35,997 Chile6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Cheney worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Limerick on Harriet Newell and arrived on November 30, 1848. Pat Cheney, aged 18, Charles Cheney, aged 35, Robert Cheney, aged 22, are others that migrated to US from Limerick, Bermuda and Liverpool.

From Germany

Ch. Cheney from France aboard the La Gascogne from Havre on May 12, 1890. He is registered to be 59 years old when he arrived in USA.

Cheney Namesakes

  • Thomas Cheney, English administrator and diplomat
  • Edwin Cheney, American electrical engineer
  • Sheldon Warren Cheney, American author and art critic, born at Berkeley, California, the son of Lemuel Warren Cheney, California lawyer and writer
  • Martha Cheney, author of several titles
  • Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
  • Howell Cheney, member of the Cheney silk manufacturing dynasty
  • John Vance Cheney, Educated in Geneseo, New York
  • Seth Wells Cheney, American artist
  • Eric Cheney, English motorcycle racer
  • Lynne Cheney, American author, scholar
  • Mary Cheney, second daughter of Dick Cheney
  • Liz Cheney, American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for since 2017
  • Person Colby Cheney, paper manufacturer
  • Ben Cheney, American businessman and sports enthusiast active
  • Oren Burbank Cheney, for his public denouncement of slavery, involuntary servitude
  • Chris Cheney, Australian rock musician
  • Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player from her youth into her 90s
  • Brainard Cheney, novelist
  • Russell Cheney, American Impressionist
  • Benjamin Pierce Cheney, American businessman
  • Larry Cheney, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Dick Cheney, American politician and businessman
  • Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney, American writer, reformer, and philanthropist
  • May L. Cheney, was born during the Civil War in Garden Grove

Cheney Namesakes

  • Thomas Cheney, English administrator and diplomat
  • Edwin Cheney, American electrical engineer
  • Sheldon Warren Cheney, American author and art critic, born at Berkeley, California, the son of Lemuel Warren Cheney, California lawyer and writer
  • Martha Cheney, author of several titles
  • Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
  • Howell Cheney, member of the Cheney silk manufacturing dynasty
  • John Vance Cheney, Educated in Geneseo, New York
  • Seth Wells Cheney, American artist
  • Eric Cheney, English motorcycle racer
  • Lynne Cheney, American author, scholar
  • Mary Cheney, second daughter of Dick Cheney
  • Liz Cheney, American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for since 2017
  • Person Colby Cheney, paper manufacturer
  • Ben Cheney, American businessman and sports enthusiast active
  • Oren Burbank Cheney, for his public denouncement of slavery, involuntary servitude
  • Chris Cheney, Australian rock musician
  • Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player from her youth into her 90s
  • Brainard Cheney, novelist
  • Russell Cheney, American Impressionist
  • Benjamin Pierce Cheney, American businessman
  • Larry Cheney, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Dick Cheney, American politician and businessman
  • Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney, American writer, reformer, and philanthropist
  • May L. Cheney, was born during the Civil War in Garden Grove

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