How common is the surname Tunney?

1,574 people in the United States had the surname Tunney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,153 Americans. It ranked 17,789th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tunney?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tunney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Tunney?

Robin Tunneyio, American actress, followed by Gene Tunney.

Where is the surname Tunney most common?

Wikidata records people named Tunney in the United States.

Is the surname Tunney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,574 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Tunney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,574 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). Tunney is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tonnaigh (“descendant of Tonnach”), a personal name derived from tonn (“wave, billow”).

Tunney 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 1,574 people named Tunney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,153 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,391.

#17,789

rank among US surnames

1,574

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+13.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,364)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,784	Mallari	1,575	196,029
#17,789	Lafortune	1,574	196,153
#17,798	Baas	1,573	196,278

Who is named Tunney

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

89% of people named Tunney identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tunneys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robin Tunneyio
American actress, born 1972
Gene Tunney
American boxer (1897-1978)
John V. Tunney
American politician (1934-2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tunney

Tunney 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 Tunney come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tonnaigh (“descendant of Tonnach”), a personal name derived from tonn (“wave, billow”).
How common is the surname Tunney?: 1,574 people in the United States had the surname Tunney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,153 Americans. It ranked 17,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tunney?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tunney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Tunney?: Robin Tunneyio, American actress, followed by Gene Tunney.
Where is the surname Tunney most common?: Wikidata records people named Tunney in the United States.
What type of surname is Tunney?: Tunney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Tunney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,574 in 2010, up 13%.