How common is the surname Feeney?

9,473 people in the United States had the surname Feeney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,592 Americans. It ranked 3,740th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feeney?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feeney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feeney?

Chuck Feeney, American businessman, followed by Carol Feeney.

Where is the surname Feeney most common?

Wikidata records people named Feeney in the United States, Ireland and Australia.

How do you pronounce Feeney?

Feeney is /ˈfini/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Feeney getting more or less common?

More common. 9,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,473 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Feeney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 9,473 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfini/ 2 syllables Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feeney is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiannaidhe (“descendant of Fiannaidhe”), a byname meaning "warrior", from fiann (“army”).

Feeney 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 9,473 people named Feeney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,592 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,402.

#3,740

rank among US surnames

9,473

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,475)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,731	Glynn	9,501	32,496
#3,732	Scroggins	9,495	32,517
#3,733	Packard	9,494	32,520
#3,734	Antoine	9,493	32,523
#3,735	Wicks	9,489	32,537
#3,736	Kunkel	9,488	32,541
#3,737	Guest	9,483	32,558

Who is named Feeney

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

95% of people named Feeney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feeneys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Feeney
American businessman, 1931–2023
Carol Feeney
American rower, born 1964
Tom Feeney
American politician, born 1958
Lexie Feeney
Australian archer, born 1989

Notable Feeneys come mostly from the United States (2), Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Feeny

Surnames that sound like Feeney

Feehan

Feeney has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Feeney come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiannaidhe (“descendant of Fiannaidhe”), a byname meaning "warrior", from fiann (“army”).
How common is the surname Feeney?: 9,473 people in the United States had the surname Feeney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,592 Americans. It ranked 3,740th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feeney?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feeney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feeney?: Chuck Feeney, American businessman, followed by Carol Feeney.
Where is the surname Feeney most common?: Wikidata records people named Feeney in the United States, Ireland and Australia.
How do you pronounce Feeney?: Feeney is /ˈfini/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Feeney?: Feeney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Feeney getting more or less common?: More common. 9,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,473 in 2010, up 0.8%.
What are other spellings of Feeney?: Feeny.