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    The surname Maney

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M500

    Maney: #9,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maney #9,672, 3,355 people Maney: #9,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maney #9,672, 3,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maney is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maine (“descendant of Maine”), a personal name of obscure origin.

    Maney 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 3,355 people named Maney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,361.

    #9,672
    rank among US surnames
    3,355
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,945)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,666Kennelly3,35891,943
    #9,667Oliveri3,35791,971
    #9,669Shear3,35691,998
    #9,672Vanlandingham3,35592,025
    #9,679Kummer3,35492,053

    Who is named Maney

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

    83% of people named Maney identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Maney

    Maney has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maney come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maine (“descendant of Maine”), a personal name of obscure origin.
    How common is the surname Maney?
    3,355 people in the United States had the surname Maney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. It ranked 9,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maney?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Maney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Maney?
    Maney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Maney getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,355 in 2010, down 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Maney?
    Many.