Cooney is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cooney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Dweller at the sign of rabbit; one thought to possess the characteristics of a rabbit.

How popular is Cooney?

Cooney is common in United States, Ireland, England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Thailand, Wales.

Cooney is ranked 16035 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cooney bearers increased by 2.63 per cent in 2010 US census to 12455 since 2000, the surname slipped by 155 spots and ranked at 2883. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.85 94.29
Black 2.62 2.57
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.4
Others 1.24 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.28
Cooney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 34773 people have been found who wears Cooney as their family name. Cooney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cooney:
2,594 United States17,619
Countries with thousands of Cooney:
163 Ireland5,269
1,800 England4,554
1,343 Australia2,984
2,619 Canada1,989
Countries with hundreds of Cooney:
1,048 New Zealand725
1,396 Scotland530
22,737 South Africa251
1,371 Northern Ireland226
58,880 Thailand208
2,724 Wales118
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
117,794 Germany36
60,801 Netherlands20
13,856 Singapore17
237,746 France16
24,061 United Arab Emirates14
202,133 Philippines12
75,241 Spain11
41,789 Mexico11
329,557 Brazil11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,005 Bermuda10
134,908 Malaysia8
26,148 Ecuador6
121,657 Italy6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Dafney Cooney from Ireland aboard the Arabella from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 14, 1846. Mary Cooney (13) Workwoman, 20 years old Thomas Cooney, Catherine Cooney, aged 26, 20 years old Robert Cooney, Workwoman Jane Cooney, James Cooney, aged 26, Maid Catherine Cooney, Catherine Cooney (20), and 365 other Cooney around 54.25% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster, house keeper, carpenter, coppersmith migrated to US.

From Germany

Ann Cooney from Germany aboard the City Of Paris from Liverpool & Queenstown on May 18, 1868. She is registered to be 52 years old when she arrived in United States. 52 years old Henry Cooney, Laborer William Cooney, are other Cooney that migrated to US.

Cooney Namesakes

  • Philip Cooney, former member of the administration of United States President George W. Bush
  • David J. Cooney, Irish diplomat
  • Sean Cooney, Irish soccer player
  • Gerry Cooney, American former professional boxer
  • Caroline B. Cooney, American author of suspense, romance, horror
  • Joan Ganz Cooney, American television producer
  • Patrick Cooney, former Irish Fine Gael politician
  • Edward Cooney, Irish evangelist from the 1890s to the 1950s
  • Johnny Cooney, American professional baseball player
  • Adam Cooney, former professional Australian rules footballer
  • Barbara Cooney, American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books
  • Joe Cooney, Irish former hurler
  • Ray Cooney, English playwright and actor
  • Aidan Cooney, Irish television and radio presenter
  • Wayne Cooney, former association football player
  • Frank Henry Cooney, ninth Governor of Montana from 1933 to 1935

Cooney Namesakes

  • Philip Cooney, former member of the administration of United States President George W. Bush
  • David J. Cooney, Irish diplomat
  • Sean Cooney, Irish soccer player
  • Gerry Cooney, American former professional boxer
  • Caroline B. Cooney, American author of suspense, romance, horror
  • Joan Ganz Cooney, American television producer
  • Patrick Cooney, former Irish Fine Gael politician
  • Edward Cooney, Irish evangelist from the 1890s to the 1950s
  • Johnny Cooney, American professional baseball player
  • Adam Cooney, former professional Australian rules footballer
  • Barbara Cooney, American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books
  • Joe Cooney, Irish former hurler
  • Ray Cooney, English playwright and actor
  • Aidan Cooney, Irish television and radio presenter
  • Wayne Cooney, former association football player
  • Frank Henry Cooney, ninth Governor of Montana from 1933 to 1935

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