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    The surname Kerney

    A surname, carried by 1,613 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K650

    Kerney: #17,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kerney #17,472, 1,613 people Kerney: #17,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kerney #17,472, 1,613 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerney is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,613 people named Kerney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,250.

    #17,472
    rank among US surnames
    1,613
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29%
    change since 2000 (was #19,890)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,463Bazaldua1,614191,292
    #17,472Wisneski1,613191,411
    #17,481Searls1,612191,529

    Who is named Kerney

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

    71% of people named Kerney identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kerney

    Kerney has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kerney?
    1,613 people in the United States had the surname Kerney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kerney?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Kerney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kerney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, up 29%.