Chaney Family History
Chaney Name Meaning
English: variant of Chesney.French:
habitational name from any of the various places called Chanet or Le
Chanet, from Latin canna ‘reed’ + the suffix -etum
denoting an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Chaney Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chaney families
 170 - 338  57 - 169 |
 1 - 56  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chaney families
|
95 - 187 32 - 94 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Chaney last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chaney census records
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Chaney Family Origin
Chaney Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chaney
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Chaney Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chaney census records
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Chaney Civil War Service Records
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