Chaney

English

Etymology

Variant of Chesney.

Proper noun

Chaney (countable and uncountable, plural Chaneys)

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
2. (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chaney is the 1059^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 33201 individuals. Chaney is most common among White (71.01%) and Black/African American (22.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chaney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 317.

Anagrams

• Cheyna, Ceyhan, hycean