How common is the surname Tinney?

3,884 people in the United States had the surname Tinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,492 Americans. It ranked 8,488th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tinney?

Stuart Tinney, Australian equestrian.

Where is the surname Tinney most common?

Wikidata records people named Tinney in Australia.

Is the surname Tinney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,884 in 2010, up 8.6%.

The surname Tinney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,884 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tinney is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.

Tinney 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 3,884 people named Tinney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,492 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,576.

#8,488

rank among US surnames

3,884

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,483	Sirois	3,887	79,430
#8,484	Trump	3,886	79,451
#8,485	Quinteros	3,885	79,471
#8,488	Tinney	3,884	79,492

Who is named Tinney

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

88% of people named Tinney identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tinneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stuart Tinney
Australian equestrian, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tinney

Tinney has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tinney come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.
How common is the surname Tinney?: 3,884 people in the United States had the surname Tinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,492 Americans. It ranked 8,488th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tinney?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tinney?: Stuart Tinney, Australian equestrian.
Where is the surname Tinney most common?: Wikidata records people named Tinney in Australia.
What type of surname is Tinney?: Tinney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Tinney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,884 in 2010, up 8.6%.