# Tawney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tawney/  
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 Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,649 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,176 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 187,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (1,634 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɔː.ni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Taney |

## Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney and Saint-Jean-du-Thenney, both in Normandy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tawney 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Tan, Toney, Towne, Twine, Tamayo, Tam, Tom, Timm, Toomey, Tenney, Thom, Ton.

## 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.