How common is the surname Meaney?

1,958 people in the United States had the surname Meaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. It ranked 15,066th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meaney?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meaney?

Kevin Meaney, American actor and comedian.

Where is the surname Meaney most common?

Wikidata records people named Meaney in the United States.

Is the surname Meaney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,958 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Meaney

An Irish surname, carried by 1,958 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meaney is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Mooney.

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 1,958 people named Meaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,870.

#15,066

rank among US surnames

1,958

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,599)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,060	Bien	1,960	157,523
#15,063	Yohn	1,959	157,604
#15,066	Mitra	1,958	157,684
#15,074	Bolds	1,957	157,765

Who is named Meaney

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

95% of people named Meaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meaneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Meaney
American actor and comedian, 1956–2016

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meaney

Meaney 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 Meaney come from?: Variant of Mooney.
How common is the surname Meaney?: 1,958 people in the United States had the surname Meaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. It ranked 15,066th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meaney?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meaney?: Kevin Meaney, American actor and comedian.
Where is the surname Meaney most common?: Wikidata records people named Meaney in the United States.
Is the surname Meaney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,958 in 2010, up 4.7%.