Kearny Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Kearny Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kearny family

Profession Census Frequency
Clerk Railway 1
Laundress 1
Master Mariner 1
Waiter Hotel 1
Watchman 1
Coal Hewer Below Ground 1
Saleswoman Mantles Clothier D 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kearny

Name Census Frequency
Mary Kearny 13
Patrick Kearny 10
Thomas Kearny 9
James Kearny 7
Margaret Kearny 5
Bridget Kearny 4
Catherine Kearny 4
Henry Kearny 4
John Kearny 4
Joseph Kearny 4
William Kearny 4
Ann Kearny 3
Elizabeth Kearny 3
Ellen Kearny 3
Michael Kearny 3
Robert Kearny 3
Sarah Kearny 3
Annie Kearny 2
Jane Kearny 2
Kate Kearny 2
Peter Kearny 2
Rose Kearny 2
Alexander Kearny 1
Amelia Kearny 1
Anne Kearny 1

Kearny Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kearney 86% 5,887
2 Kerney 67% 1,583
3 Curney 33% 499
4 Karney 67% 402
5 Kearny 100% 120

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The surname Kearny is the 5th most popular variant of Kearney.

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