Kerney meaning | Last name Kerney origin

Following is the meaning of Kerney surname. Family name Kerney is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Kerney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kerney

Kerney is used as a family name or surname in United States languages. Kerney has 6 characters long in length.

Kerney is common in United States country(ies).

Kerney is ranked 201671 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kerneies grew by 29.04 per cent to 1613 since 2000 and ranked 17472 after elevating 2418 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.42 70.32
Black 23.06 26.64
Hispanic or Latino 2.79 1.04
Others 1.05 1.04
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.99 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Kerney

How popular is Kerney?

Kerney is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Antigua and Barbuda. Around 1701 people have been found who wears Kerney as their family name. Kerney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
381,097 Ukraine4
90,215 Germany3
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
107,212 South Africa1
53,505 Turkey1
2,613 The Bahamas1
66,560 Philippines1
31,207 Ireland1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
80,267 Kazakhstan24
407,590 India21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,434 Australia98
19,269 Belarus71
60,099 England59
Countries with hundreds of Kerney:
30,487 Canada110
Countries with thousands of Kerney:
23,904 United States1,298

Immigrants to US

Patt Kerney hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Alhambra and arrived on June 1, 1846. Workman Hugh Kerney, 20 years old John Kerney, 26 years old Kerry Kerney, Workman Andrew Kerney, 22 years old Susan Kerney, 24 years old Patk. Kerney, Mary Kerney, aged 20, John Kerney, aged 22, and 51 other Kerney around 53.33% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Sligo and Belfast.

Celebrities having Kerney surname

Patrick Kerney Football defensive end
Lisa Kerney Sportscaster
Kelly Kerney Novelist
James Kerney Author
Micheline Kerney Walsh Author
M. J. Kerney Author
Catherine Kerney Thompson William Tappan Thompson's mother
Micheline Kerney Walsh Author

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