# Craney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/craney/  
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) | 1,233 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,260 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 250,402 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (859 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cranney |

## Etymology

Perhaps a shortened Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ciaráin (“son of Ciarán”), a personal name from ciar (“black”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Craney 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Crane, Carney, Crain, Crone, Craine, Carone, Crean, Carn, Croney, Carne, Cram, Cerny.

## 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.