Clooney is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Clooney
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: The name comes from Ireland and means one who is from Clooney, Northern Ireland locality.

How popular is Clooney?

Clooney is ranked 231809 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Clooneies plummeted by 7.38255 per cent to 276 since 2000 and slipped by 8058 spots and ranked at 70833. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.12 95.64
Hispanic or Latino 3.99 0
Clooney 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 1416 people have been found who wears Clooney as their family name. Clooney 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
147,165 Czech Republic2
139,444 Brazil2
54,135 Philippines2
118,441 Germany2
58,885 Poland1
50,549 Georgia1
810,193 Indonesia1
20,172 Hungary1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
25,746 Finland1
91,024 Belgium1
29,595 Iran1
6,212 Jamaica1
18,969 Wales1
21,562 Portugal1
56,169 Mexico1
36,814 Romania1
36,678 Singapore1
11,923 Slovenia1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
107,212 South Africa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
17,920 New Zealand28
62,494 Netherlands22
447,508 India18
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,315 Canada96
104,308 France86
66,582 Argentina60
39,090 Australia54
Countries with hundreds of Clooney:
56,861 United States454
20,346 England258
1,960 Ireland246
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Clooney worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on California and arrived on April 10, 1849. Immigrant Margaret Clooney, Georginia Clooney, aged 15, Charlotte Clooney, Eliza Clooney, aged 6, Benjamin Clooney, Joseph Clooney (Born at sea) Infant, Immigrant John Clooney, 21 years old Mary Clooney, and 14 other Clooney around 45.45% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Clooney Namesakes

  • Adelia Clooney, George Clooney's sister
  • Amal Clooney, Lawyer
  • Amal Clooney, Lawyer
  • George Clooney, Actor
  • George Clooney, Actor
  • Betty Clooney, Singer
  • Rosemary Clooney, Singer
  • George Clooney, Actor
  • George Clooney, Actor
  • George Clooney, Actor

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