# McHaney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mchaney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,004 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,802 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 307,515 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (975 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haney |

## Etymology

Perhaps an unusual Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Choinnigh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Canice”) from the personal name Coinneach (“Kenneth, Canice”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McHaney 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 15% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Machen, McHone, McKinney, McKean, McShane, McNew, McCane, McShan, McKamey, Mason, Magana, McCann.

## 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.