How common is the surname Cooney?

12,455 people in the United States had the surname Cooney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,789 Americans. It ranked 2,883rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cooney?

Kyra Cooney-Cross, Australian soccer player, followed by Joan Ganz Cooney.

Where is the surname Cooney most common?

Wikidata records people named Cooney in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Cooney getting more or less common?

More common. 12,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,455 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Cooney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 12,455 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cooney is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).

Cooney is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,455 people named Cooney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,789 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,136.

#2,883

rank among US surnames

12,455

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,728)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,874	Crawley	12,523	24,654
#2,875	Wheatley	12,520	24,660
#2,876	Linn	12,508	24,684
#2,877	Shockley	12,504	24,692
#2,878	Chisholm	12,503	24,694
#2,879	Dong	12,466	24,767
#2,880	McCurdy	12,463	24,773

Who is named Cooney

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

93% of people named Cooney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cooneys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kyra Cooney-Cross
Australian soccer player, born 2002
Joan Ganz Cooney
American television producer (born 1929)
Walter R. Cooney, Jr.
American astronomer, born 1962
Gerry Cooney
American boxer, born 1956
Barbara Cooney
American writer and illustrator of children's books, 1917–2000
Kara Cooney
American egyptologist, born 1972
Mike Cooney
American politician, born 1954

Notable Cooneys come mostly from the United States (6) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cooney

Cooney has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cooney come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).
How common is the surname Cooney?: 12,455 people in the United States had the surname Cooney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,789 Americans. It ranked 2,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cooney?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cooney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cooney?: Kyra Cooney-Cross, Australian soccer player, followed by Joan Ganz Cooney.
Where is the surname Cooney most common?: Wikidata records people named Cooney in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Cooney?: Cooney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Cooney getting more or less common?: More common. 12,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,455 in 2010, up 2.6%.