Cognomen Cheken (Шекен 
, Cheken 
, Чекен 
) , in all the world, is a very rare last name. The last name Cheken is characteristic of North Macedonia, where it is a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and North Macedonia. Also, Cheken is the forename as well as the last name.