How common is the surname Greaney?

1,413 people in the United States had the surname Greaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. It ranked 19,210th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greaney?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Greaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greaney?

Dan Greaney, American television writer (born 1964).

Where is the surname Greaney most common?

Wikidata records people named Greaney in the United States.

Is the surname Greaney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,413 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Greaney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,413 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greaney is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gráinne (“descendant of Gráinne”), a female personal name.

Greaney 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 1,413 people named Greaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,361.

#19,210

rank among US surnames

1,413

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,656)

Who is named Greaney

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

94% of people named Greaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greaneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Greaney
American television writer (born 1964)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Greany

Surnames that sound like Greaney

Greaney has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Greaney come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gráinne (“descendant of Gráinne”), a female personal name.
How common is the surname Greaney?: 1,413 people in the United States had the surname Greaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. It ranked 19,210th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greaney?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Greaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greaney?: Dan Greaney, American television writer (born 1964).
Where is the surname Greaney most common?: Wikidata records people named Greaney in the United States.
What type of surname is Greaney?: Greaney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Greaney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,413 in 2010, up 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Greaney?: Greany.