How common is the surname Edney?

1,739 people in the United States had the surname Edney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,542 Americans. It ranked 16,519th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Edney?

Tyus Edney, American basketball player (born 1973).

Where is the surname Edney most common?

Wikidata records people named Edney in the United States.

Is the surname Edney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,739 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Edney

A surname, carried by 1,739 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edney is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,739 people named Edney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,542 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,708.

#16,519

rank among US surnames

1,739

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,704)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,519	Kin	1,739	177,542
#16,525	Carnegie	1,738	177,644

Who is named Edney

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

71% of people named Edney identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Edneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tyus Edney
American basketball player (born 1973)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Edney

Eden

Edney has the Soundex code E350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E350.

Questions

How common is the surname Edney?: 1,739 people in the United States had the surname Edney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,542 Americans. It ranked 16,519th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edney?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Edney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Edney?: Tyus Edney, American basketball player (born 1973).
Where is the surname Edney most common?: Wikidata records people named Edney in the United States.
Is the surname Edney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,739 in 2010, up 1.8%.