How common is the surname Raney?

8,801 people in the United States had the surname Raney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,081 Americans. It ranked 4,038th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Raney?

Della H. Raney, African-American army nurse, followed by Jimmy Raney.

Where is the surname Raney most common?

Wikidata records people named Raney in the United States.

Is the surname Raney getting more or less common?

More common. 8,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,801 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Raney

An Irish surname, carried by 8,801 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raney is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Rainey.

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 8,801 people named Raney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,081 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,415.

#4,038

rank among US surnames

8,801

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,878)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,035	Southard	8,808	35,053
#4,036	Basham	8,806	35,061
#4,037	D'Angelo	8,802	35,077
#4,038	Raney	8,801	35,081

Who is named Raney

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

89% of people named Raney identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Raneys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Della H. Raney
African-American army nurse, 1912–1987
Jimmy Raney
American musician (1927–1995)
Murray Raney
American engineer (1885-1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raney

Raney has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Raney come from?: Variant of Rainey.
How common is the surname Raney?: 8,801 people in the United States had the surname Raney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,081 Americans. It ranked 4,038th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raney?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Raney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Raney?: Della H. Raney, African-American army nurse, followed by Jimmy Raney.
Where is the surname Raney most common?: Wikidata records people named Raney in the United States.
Is the surname Raney getting more or less common?: More common. 8,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,801 in 2010, up 4.6%.