How common is the surname Looney?

12,910 people in the United States had the surname Looney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,915 Americans. It ranked 2,795th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Looney?

Kevon Looney, American basketball player (born 1996).

Where is the surname Looney most common?

Wikidata records people named Looney in the United States.

Is the surname Looney getting more or less common?

Less common. 12,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,910 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Looney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 12,910 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Looney is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luanaigh (“descendant of Luanach”), a personal name based on Middle Irish lúan (“light, warrior's halo, warrior”).

Looney 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 12,910 people named Looney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,915 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,955.

#2,795

rank among US surnames

12,910

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,568)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,786	Foy	12,952	23,838
#2,788	Lipscomb	12,948	23,845
#2,789	Carreon	12,941	23,858
#2,790	Pease	12,937	23,865
#2,791	Regalado	12,931	23,876
#2,792	Oldham	12,928	23,882
#2,793	Belanger	12,922	23,893

Who is named Looney

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

85% of people named Looney identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Looneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevon Looney
American basketball player (born 1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lunney

Surnames that sound like Looney

Looney has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Looney come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luanaigh (“descendant of Luanach”), a personal name based on Middle Irish lúan (“light, warrior's halo, warrior”).
How common is the surname Looney?: 12,910 people in the United States had the surname Looney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,915 Americans. It ranked 2,795th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Looney?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Looney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Looney?: Kevon Looney, American basketball player (born 1996).
Where is the surname Looney most common?: Wikidata records people named Looney in the United States.
What type of surname is Looney?: Looney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Looney getting more or less common?: Less common. 12,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,910 in 2010, down 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Looney?: Lunney.