Birney is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Birney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: A parish in the shire of Elgin, Scotland. It was formerly named Brenuth, from brae-nut, as many hazel-trees grew there. The natives called it Burn-nigh, i.e., a village near the Burn or river, now corrupted to Birnie.

How popular is Birney?

Birney is common in United States.

Birney is ranked 134555 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Birney bearers increased by 6.632653 per cent in 2010 US census to 1463 since 2000, the surname slipped by 200 spots and ranked at 18751. 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 93.1 95.55
Hispanic or Latino 2.67 1.02
Others 1.78 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.3 0.66
Black 0.75 0.66
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.8
Birney 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 Ireland. Around 2895 people have been found who wears Birney as their family name. Birney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
9,185 Hong Kong2
174,544 Czech Republic1
107,212 South Africa1
62,864 New Zealand1
2,057 Isle of Man1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
169,904 Brazil1
18,969 Wales1
49,101 Denmark1
36,814 Romania1
153,416 Italy1
11,510 Oman1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
Countries with hundreds of Birney:
1,799 Ireland278
21,369 England242
19,755 Canada181
15,602 Australia171
4,243 Scotland138
Countries with thousands of Birney:
18,511 United States1,761
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman James Birney who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 5, 1849 by Great Britain put out from Liverpool. 23 years old Pat Birney, James Birney, aged 60, Thomas Birney (60) Farmer, 30 years old Margaret Birney, John Birney, aged 10, Mary Birney, Charlotte Birney (6), Catherine Birney, aged 40, and 9 other Birney around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Waterford.

Birney Namesakes

  • David Birney, Actor
  • David Birney, Actor
  • Augusta Birney, Reed Birney's daughter
  • David Birney, Actor
  • Earle Birney, Poet
  • Reed Birney, Actor
  • James G. Birney, Politician
  • Matt Birney, Australian Politician
  • William Birney, Author
  • Tom Birney, Football player

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