How common is the surname McInerney?

4,473 people in the United States had the surname McInerney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,024 Americans. It ranked 7,446th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McInerney?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McInerney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McInerney?

Jay McInerney, American writer, followed by Jack McInerney.

Where is the surname McInerney most common?

Wikidata records people named McInerney in the United States.

How do you pronounce McInerney?

McInerney is /ˌmækɪˈnɜː(ɹ)ni/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname McInerney getting more or less common?

More common. 4,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,473 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname McInerney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,473 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˌmækɪˈnɜː(ɹ)ni/ 4 syllables Soundex M256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McInerney is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Airchinnig (“son of the erenagh”).

McInerney 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 4,473 people named McInerney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,024 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,346.

#7,446

rank among US surnames

4,473

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,441	Warrington	4,477	68,963
#7,443	Behm	4,476	68,978
#7,445	Seymore	4,474	69,009
#7,446	Topete	4,473	69,024
#7,450	Balch	4,472	69,040
#7,453	Deen	4,471	69,055

Who is named McInerney

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

96% of people named McInerney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McInerneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jay McInerney
American writer, born 1955
Jack McInerney
American soccer player, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Earney

Surnames that sound like McInerney

McInerney has the Soundex code M256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M256.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McInerney come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Airchinnig (“son of the erenagh”).
How common is the surname McInerney?: 4,473 people in the United States had the surname McInerney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,024 Americans. It ranked 7,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McInerney?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McInerney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McInerney?: Jay McInerney, American writer, followed by Jack McInerney.
Where is the surname McInerney most common?: Wikidata records people named McInerney in the United States.
How do you pronounce McInerney?: McInerney is /ˌmækɪˈnɜː(ɹ)ni/, 4 syllables.
What type of surname is McInerney?: McInerney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McInerney getting more or less common?: More common. 4,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,473 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of McInerney?: Earney.