# Meany (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meany/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,096 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,251 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 281,702 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (1,076 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Mooney.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meany 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meany in the United States.

## People named Meany

- Helen Meany, American diver (1904–1991)
- George Meany, American labor leader (1894–1980)
- Paul Meany, American musician

## Similar surnames

Mena, Man, Maney, Mauney, Meaney, Men, Manney, Mein, Many, Meehan, Mahony, Mann.

## 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.