Greaney is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Greaney
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Greaney

How popular is Greaney?

Greaney is common in Ireland.

Greaney is ranked 97178 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Greaney bearers increased by 3.82072 per cent in 2010 US census to 1413 since 2000, the surname slipped by 554 spots and ranked at 19210. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.48 96.33
Hispanic or Latino 3.54 1.84
Others 1.06 0.51
Black 0.42 0
Greaney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 4339 people have been found who wears Greaney as their family name. Greaney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
90,215 Germany3
20,595 China2
723,167 Indonesia2
50,640 Switzerland2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
573 Vanuatu1
1,704,541 India1
29,046 Japan1
66,560 Philippines1
897,276 Russia1
24,771 Colombia1
77,122 Sweden1
492,292 Ukraine1
277,603 France1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
11,040 Scotland39
72,994 Canada39
8,214 Singapore35
Countries with hundreds of Greaney:
10,845 England581
2,953 New Zealand258
12,720 Australia215
Countries with thousands of Greaney:
17,321 United States1,898
621 Ireland1,201
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workman William Greaney who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 24, 1849 by Messenger put out from Galway. U Greaney (29) Workman, 10 years old Judy Greaney, Spinster Mary Greaney, Pat Greaney, aged 17, 24 years old Eliza Greaney, William Greaney, aged 5, Mary Greaney, Gilder Michael Greaney, are other Greaney that migrated to US.

Greaney Namesakes

  • Dan Greaney, Television writer
  • Dan Greaney, Television writer
  • Mark Greaney, Musician
  • Stevie Greaney, from 2017 thriller flick Urban Traffik, who portrayed the Purcell.

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