Origins of the Cheney surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 20North West 5Isle of ManYorkshire 82East Midlands 188West Midlands 84East 54London 148South East 88South West 72South Wales 1Mid Wales 3West WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cheneys lived in east-midlands

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    3,200 Cheney Travel & migration records
    10,000 Cheneys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cheney

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    What are the most common Cheney first names?

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    Common jobs for Cheneys

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Cheneys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    44

    General Servant Domestic

    32

    Domestic Servant

    27

    Laundress

    20

    Cook Domestic

    17

    Commmon male occupations for Cheneys in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    106

    Farmer

    61

    Farm Labourer

    51

    Carpenter

    43

    Farm Hands

    33

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