Cheney
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English
Etymology
Variant of Chesney.
Proper noun
Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)
- A surname.
- 2024 April 22, Colin McCullough, “Cheney warns of ‘profoundly negative impact’ if SCOTUS doesn’t resolve Trump immunity case quickly”, in CNN:
- Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Monday if the Supreme Court does not resolve the issue of presidential immunity “quickly and decisively,” it will have a “profoundly negative impact” on the country.
- A placename.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
- A city in Spokane County, Washington.
- A community in the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cheney is the 2655th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13573 individuals. Cheney is most common among White (90.17%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cheney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323.