Runney 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 0
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
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 1

Wales

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

Runney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Runney family

Profession Census Frequency
Tin Miner 2
Farm Labourer 1
Miller 1
Seamstress 1
House Servant 1
Dock Yard 1
Labourer 1
Servant 1
Pauper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Runney

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Runney 15
Mary Runney 14
William Runney 12
James Runney 9
John Runney 9
Sarah Runney 7
George Runney 6
Ann Runney 5
Samuel Runney 5
Thomas Runney 5
Alice Runney 3
Annie Runney 3
Charles Runney 3
Edith Runney 3
Florence Runney 3
Margaret Runney 3
Agnes Runney 2
Alfred Runney 2
Charlotte Runney 2
Edward Runney 2
Eliza Runney 2
Ellen Runney 2
Harriet Runney 2
Harry Runney 2
Jane Runney 2

Runney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Renny 67% 2,358
2 Renney 83% 1,106
3 Reanney 71% 183
4 Runney 100% 177
5 Ronney 83% 140
6 Runey 83% 107

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The surname Runney is the 4th most popular variant of Renny.

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