# Hanney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hanney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 895 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,059 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 344,967 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (728 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haney, Hannay |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Oxfordshire, from Old English hana (“rooster”) + īeġ (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hanney in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Hanna, Haney, Han, Hannah, Haynie, Hann, Heaney, Honey, Henne, Hane, Hayne, Hana.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.