How common is the surname McHaney?

1,004 people in the United States had the surname McHaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McHaney getting more or less common?

More common. 975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname McHaney

An occupational surname, carried by 1,004 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McHaney is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

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”).

McHaney is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,004 people named McHaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 975.

#24,802

rank among US surnames

1,004

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #24,135)

Who is named McHaney

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

62% of people named McHaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
Two or more races 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Haney

Surnames that sound like McHaney

McHaney has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Questions

Where does the surname McHaney come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname McHaney?: 1,004 people in the United States had the surname McHaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McHaney?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named McHaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is McHaney?: McHaney is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McHaney getting more or less common?: More common. 975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 3.0%.
What are other spellings of McHaney?: Haney.