# McCarney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccarney/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 634 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,489 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 486,980 people |
| Change since 2000 | -14.0% (737 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Karney |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Cearnaigh (“son of Cearnach”), from cearnach (“victorious, triumphant”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCarney 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCarney in Australia.

## People named McCarney

- Wayne McCarney, Australian cyclist

## Similar surnames

McCarron, McCraney, McGrane, McCranie, McKernan, McCormick, McCormack, McReynolds, Mascarenas, McKiernan, McCrimmon, McGranahan.

## 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.