How common is the surname Charney?

2,173 people in the United States had the surname Charney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. It ranked 13,893rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Charney?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Charney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Charney?

Ruth Charney, American mathematician, followed by Jordan Charney.

Where is the surname Charney most common?

Wikidata records people named Charney in the United States.

Is the surname Charney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,173 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Charney

A surname, carried by 2,173 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charney is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,173 people named Charney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,843.

#13,893

rank among US surnames

2,173

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+17.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,778)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,884	Essig	2,175	141,952
#13,887	Ruggieri	2,174	142,017
#13,893	Moberly	2,173	142,083

Who is named Charney

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

94% of people named Charney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Charneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ruth Charney
American mathematician, born 1950
Jordan Charney
American actor, born 1937

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Charney

Charney has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

How common is the surname Charney?: 2,173 people in the United States had the surname Charney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. It ranked 13,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Charney?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Charney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Charney?: Ruth Charney, American mathematician, followed by Jordan Charney.
Where is the surname Charney most common?: Wikidata records people named Charney in the United States.
Is the surname Charney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,173 in 2010, up 18%.