McChesney

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an tSasanaigh (“son of the Englishman”), from Sasanach (“Englishman”).

Proper noun

McChesney (plural McChesneys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McChesney is the 9100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3590 individuals. McChesney is most common among White (94.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McChesney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.