How common is the surname Flanery?

1,626 people in the United States had the surname Flanery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flanery?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Flanery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Flanery?

Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor.

Where is the surname Flanery most common?

Wikidata records people named Flanery in the United States.

Is the surname Flanery getting more or less common?

More common. 1,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Flanery

An Irish surname, carried by 1,626 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flanery is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Flannery.

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 1,626 people named Flanery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,570.

#17,367

rank among US surnames

1,626

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,359	Tussey	1,627	189,764
#17,367	Safi	1,626	189,880

Who is named Flanery

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

94% of people named Flanery identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flanerys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Patrick Flanery
American actor, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flanery

Flanery has the Soundex code F456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F456.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Flanery come from?: Variant of Flannery.
How common is the surname Flanery?: 1,626 people in the United States had the surname Flanery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flanery?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Flanery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Flanery?: Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor.
Where is the surname Flanery most common?: Wikidata records people named Flanery in the United States.
Is the surname Flanery getting more or less common?: More common. 1,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 3.6%.