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    The surname Keaney

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,556 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K500

    Keaney: #17,958 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keaney #17,958, 1,556 people Keaney: #17,958 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keaney #17,958, 1,556 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keaney is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Possibly an Americanized form of Irish Ó Cianagh (“descendant of Cianach”), a byname from cian (“distant, long”).

    Keaney 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 1,556 people named Keaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,423 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,011.

    #17,958
    rank among US surnames
    1,556
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,454)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,951Tee1,557198,295
    #17,958Allbright1,556198,423

    Who is named Keaney

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

    92% of people named Keaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keaney

    Keaney has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Keaney come from?
    Possibly an Americanized form of Irish Ó Cianagh (“descendant of Cianach”), a byname from cian (“distant, long”).
    How common is the surname Keaney?
    1,556 people in the United States had the surname Keaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,423 Americans. It ranked 17,958th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keaney?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Keaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Keaney?
    Keaney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Keaney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,556 in 2010, up 54%.
    What are other spellings of Keaney?
    Keeney.