How Many People Have the Last Name Chesney?
people had the surname Chesney in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 65,789 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 4 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+252 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Chesney (87.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 6.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Chesney ranks #5,718. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 90.7% to 87.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Chesney grew from 4,239 people in 2000 to 4,491 in 2010 (up 5.9%), and its rank fell from #7,258 to #7,413. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 1.57 to 1.52 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 4,239 | 4,491 |
| Rank | #7,258 | #7,413 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.57 | 1.52 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Chesney
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Chesney: C250
👤 Chesney as a First Name
Chesney is a first name too: about 2,788 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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