How common is the surname Flannery?

10,497 people in the United States had the surname Flannery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,413 Americans. It ranked 3,409th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flannery?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flannery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Flannery?

Tim Flannery, Australian scientist and global warming activist, followed by Susan Flannery.

Where is the surname Flannery most common?

Wikidata records people named Flannery in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Flannery getting more or less common?

More common. 10,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,497 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Flannery

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 10,497 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). Flannery is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.

Flannery 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 10,497 people named Flannery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,413 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,198.

#3,409

rank among US surnames

10,497

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,213)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,400	Acker	10,519	29,351
#3,401	Crist	10,518	29,354
#3,403	Currier	10,513	29,368
#3,404	Broderick	10,504	29,393
#3,405	Waldrop	10,503	29,396
#3,406	Lemke	10,501	29,402
#3,407	Snead	10,500	29,404

Who is named Flannery

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

95% of people named Flannery identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flannerys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Flannery
Australian scientist and global warming activist, born 1956
Susan Flannery
American actress, born 1939
Kate Flannery
American actress, born 1964

Notable Flannerys come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Flannery

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

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Flannery come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.
How common is the surname Flannery?: 10,497 people in the United States had the surname Flannery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,413 Americans. It ranked 3,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flannery?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flannery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Flannery?: Tim Flannery, Australian scientist and global warming activist, followed by Susan Flannery.
Where is the surname Flannery most common?: Wikidata records people named Flannery in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Flannery?: Flannery is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Flannery getting more or less common?: More common. 10,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,497 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Flannery?: Flanary and Flanery.