How common is the surname Blaney?

3,854 people in the United States had the surname Blaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,110 Americans. It ranked 8,541st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blaney?

Ryan Blaney, American racing driver, followed by Tim Blaney.

Where is the surname Blaney most common?

Wikidata records people named Blaney in the United States.

How do you pronounce Blaney?

Blaney is /ˈbleɪ.ni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Blaney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,854 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Blaney

A Welsh place surname, carried by 3,854 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbleɪ.ni/ 2 syllables Soundex B450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blaney is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Topographic surname, from Welsh blaenau, plural of blaen (“tip, point, apex”).

Blaney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,854 people named Blaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,110 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,624.

#8,541

rank among US surnames

3,854

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,386)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,532	Mannino	3,857	80,048
#8,534	Ludlow	3,856	80,069
#8,536	Louden	3,855	80,090
#8,541	Petrone	3,854	80,110
#8,547	Winner	3,853	80,131

Who is named Blaney

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Blaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blaneys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Blaney
American racing driver, born 1993
Tim Blaney
American actor, born 1959
George Blaney
American basketball player-coach, born 1939
Dave Blaney
American racing driver, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blaney

Blaney has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blaney come from?: Topographic surname, from Welsh blaenau, plural of blaen (“tip, point, apex”).
How common is the surname Blaney?: 3,854 people in the United States had the surname Blaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,110 Americans. It ranked 8,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blaney?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Blaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blaney?: Ryan Blaney, American racing driver, followed by Tim Blaney.
Where is the surname Blaney most common?: Wikidata records people named Blaney in the United States.
How do you pronounce Blaney?: Blaney is /ˈbleɪ.ni/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Blaney?: Blaney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Blaney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,854 in 2010, up 6.3%.