How common is the surname Disney?

3,631 people in the United States had the surname Disney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,030 Americans. It ranked 9,006th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Disney?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Disney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Disney?

Walt Disney, American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder, followed by Roy O. Disney.

Where is the surname Disney most common?

Wikidata records people named Disney in the United States.

How do you pronounce Disney?

Disney is /ˈdɪzni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Disney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,631 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Disney

A French surname, carried by 3,631 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪzni/ 2 syllables Soundex D250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Disney is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French de (“of, from”) + Isigny (a place in Calvados). For the placename, see Isigny-sur-Mer. In modern use, it is also derived from the name of Walt Disney, whose surname has the aforementioned origin.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,631 people named Disney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,030 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,495.

#9,006

rank among US surnames

3,631

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,663)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,999	Turgeon	3,635	84,937
#9,001	Nolt	3,634	84,960
#9,003	Hames	3,633	84,984
#9,006	Cogan	3,631	85,030
#9,011	Hirst	3,630	85,054
#9,013	Traynor	3,628	85,101

Who is named Disney

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

92% of people named Disney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Disneys

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder, 1901–1966
Roy O. Disney
American businessman and producer, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (1893–1971)
Lillian Disney
American artist and philanthropist (1899–1997)
Melissa Disney
American voice actress, born 1970
Abigail Disney
American film producer, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Disney

Disney has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

Other French surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Disney come from?: English surname of Norman origin, from Old French de (“of, from”) + Isigny (a place in Calvados). For the placename, see Isigny-sur-Mer. In modern use, it is also derived from the name of Walt Disney, whose surname has the aforementioned origin.
How common is the surname Disney?: 3,631 people in the United States had the surname Disney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,030 Americans. It ranked 9,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Disney?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Disney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Disney?: Walt Disney, American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder, followed by Roy O. Disney.
Where is the surname Disney most common?: Wikidata records people named Disney in the United States.
How do you pronounce Disney?: Disney is /ˈdɪzni/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Disney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,631 in 2010, up 3.9%.