How Many People Have the Last Name Cheney?
people had the surname Cheney in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 21,739 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+603 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cheney (90.2%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Cheney ranks #1,989. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 92.2% to 90.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Cheney grew from 12,970 people in 2000 to 13,573 in 2010 (up 4.6%), and its rank fell from #2,563 to #2,655. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 4.81 to 4.6 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 12,970 | 13,573 |
| Rank | #2,563 | #2,655 |
| Per 100,000 people | 4.81 | 4.6 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cheney
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cheney: C500
👤 Cheney as a First Name
Cheney is a first name too: about 324 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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