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    The surname Franey

    A French surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F650

    Franey: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Franey #23,333, 1,091 people Franey: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Franey #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Franey is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Frênay or Fresnay.

    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 1,091 people named Franey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,141.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,381)

    Who is named Franey

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

    95% of people named Franey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Freeny

    Surnames that sound like Franey

    Franey has the Soundex code F650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F650.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Franey come from?
    Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Frênay or Fresnay.
    How common is the surname Franey?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Franey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Franey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Franey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Franey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, down 4.4%.
    What are other spellings of Franey?
    Freeny.