Blaney is used as a family name or surname in Welsh. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Blaney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: In Welsh, Bluenae is the inland extremity of a valley

How popular is Blaney?

Blaney is common in Canada.

Blaney is ranked 52198 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Blaney bearers increased by 6.346579 per cent in 2010 US census to 3854 since 2000, the surname slipped by 155 spots and ranked at 8541. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.26 90.29
Black 6.67 6.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.08 1.52
Others 1.17 0.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0.19
Blaney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9041 people have been found who wears Blaney as their family name. Blaney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
67,494 South Africa3
127,708 Czech Republic3
32,086 Mexico3
219,873 France2
9,185 Hong Kong2
81,201 Switzerland1
13,606 Senegal1
91,024 Belgium1
810,193 Indonesia1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
58,436 Spain30
18,889 New Zealand26
62,494 Netherlands22
5,663 Thailand18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
Countries with hundreds of Blaney:
618 Northern Ireland525
8,074 Australia353
1,588 Ireland333
2,276 Scotland308
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Blaney:
8,218 United States4,563
5,147 England1,425
4,028 Canada1,137
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Bridget Blaney from Ireland aboard the J S Dewolf from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 19 years old when she arrived in USA on October 14, 1848. Thomas Blaney (50) Workman, 14 years old Eliza Blaney, 9 years old Samuel Blaney, Chas. Blaney (21) Weaver, Weaver Rose Blaney, Workman Charles Blaney, Thomas Blaney, aged 25, Thomas Blaney (35) Workman, and 32 other Blaney around 51.85% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver and spinster migrated to US.

Blaney Namesakes

  • Dave Blaney, Race car driver
  • Dave Blaney, Race car driver
  • Steven Blaney, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Tim Blaney, Puppeteer
  • Neil Blaney, Irish Politician
  • Dale Blaney, Basketball Player
  • Steven Blaney, Soccer player
  • George Blaney, Basketball Player
  • Niall Blaney, Former Teachta Dála
  • Harry Blaney, Politician
  • Shaun Blaney, from 2015 horror and mystery flick Braxton, who played Ryan Fenton.

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