Chaney Surname
Approximately 47,445 people bear this surname
Chaney Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Quesnay' , in the canton of Montmartin, department of La Manche, Normandy (Lower).
William de Cheyney, Norfolk, 2 Henry II: History of Norfolk.
Felicia de Cheny, Devon, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.
Read More About This SurnameChaney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 44,424 | 1:8,159 | 965 |
| England | 1,198 | 1:46,509 | 5,851 |
| France | 304 | 1:218,496 | 33,949 |
| New Zealand | 275 | 1:16,467 | 2,872 |
| Australia | 272 | 1:99,249 | 11,236 |
| Ireland | 260 | 1:18,111 | 1,951 |
| Canada | 228 | 1:161,603 | 16,308 |
| Switzerland | 87 | 1:94,401 | 10,260 |
| Wales | 86 | 1:35,983 | 3,576 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 24 | 1:184,578 | 9,087 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 617 | 1:39,506 | 5,036 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,052 | 1:9,940 | 1,276 |
Chaney (1,297) may also be a first name.
Chaney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Quesnay' , in the canton of Montmartin, department of La Manche, Normandy (Lower).
William de Cheyney, Norfolk, 2 Henry II: History of Norfolk.
Felicia de Cheny, Devon, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Philip de Cheny, Guernsey, ibid.
Walter de Chenay, Salop, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Henry de Cheney, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nicholas de Cheney, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
William de Cheney, Suffolk, ibid.
1661. Thomas Cheney (Suffolk) and Elizabeth Clopton: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
1663. Christopher Wilkinson and Ellen Cheyne: ibid.
For Cheney, q.v.
(English) A variant of Cheney, q.v.
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; and the feudal relation was retained long afterwards in the rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, where their estate was called Horsted Keynes. They also denominated Milton Keynes, co. Bucks, Winkley Keynes, co. Devon, Combe Keynes, co. Dorset, and Keynes Court, co. Wilts. Sussex Arch. Coll. i. 133. The orthography has taken numerous forms, particularly De Chaaignes de Caisneto, Keynes, de Cahaysnes, and more recently Caney and Cheney. It has also been variously latinized De Caneto, De Casineto, and De Querceto-the last under an erroneous impression that the name had its origin in chesnaie, a grove of oaks.
(French.) Local. From Chene, an oak; Chenaie, a grove, a plantation of oaks.
Cheney or Cheyney is an ancient name in the east of England, but it is not of frequent occurrence now. In the 13th century it was established in most of the eastern counties in the forms of De Cheney, De Chenee, Le Cheny, etc., in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, Norfolk, Beds, etc. (H. R.). The Cheyneys of Boston, Lincolnshire, were well - known merchants of last century, and frequently filled the office of mayor of the town (Thompson's "Boston"). Cheney was an old Herts name in the 16th century, when Sir Thomas Cheney owned the manor of Willian (Cussans' "Herts").
Chaney Demographics
Chaney Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Chaney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaney (Hindi: चाने, Marathi: चाने, Tibetan: ཕྱག་ན།) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaney? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 11,846th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 153,600 people. The surname Chaney is primarily found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Chaney reside; 79 percent reside in North America and 79 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 218,571st most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 1,297 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 44,424 people, or 1 in 8,159. In The United States Chaney is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Ohio, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 61 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Chaney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Chaney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chaney surname grew 879 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 1,083 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,433 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chaney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Chaney surname is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Chaney surname are 16.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.95% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chaney earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.77% more than the national average, earning R 265,608 per year; in United States they earn 8.72% less than the national average, earning $39,388 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.84% less than the national average, earning $48,273 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaney in the Hindi language | ||
| चाने | cane | - |
| Chaney in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕྱག་ན། | chakna | 50 |
| ཆ་་ནི་ | chani | 50 |
| Chaney in the Marathi language | ||
| चाने | cane | 50 |
| चाणेय | caneya | 50 |
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