# Cagney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cagney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 658 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 469,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (665 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kagney |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cagney in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cagney in the United States.

## People named Cagney

- James Cagney, American actor and dancer (1899–1986)
- Jeanne Cagney, American actress (1919-1984)
- William Cagney, American actor and producer (1905–1988)

## Similar surnames

Chacon, Cason, Chism, Cosme, Casiano, Chesney, Ciccone, Cogan, Chiasson, Cookson, Cousin, Chaisson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.