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

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

The surname is variant form of the Finney. Descendant of the soldier.

Descendant of the soldier.

Variant of Phinney. Descendant of the soldier.

How popular is Feeney?

Feeney is common in United States, England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Bolivia, New Zealand.

Feeney is ranked 21214 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Feeney bearers increased by 0.76 per cent in 2010 US census to 9473 since 2000, the surname slipped by 265 spots and ranked at 3740. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.93 96.52
Hispanic or Latino 2.48 1.37
Others 1.22 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.44
Black 0.56 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.16
Feeney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 25710 people have been found who wears Feeney as their family name. Feeney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Feeney:
3,337 United States13,639
Countries with thousands of Feeney:
2,249 England3,631
299 Ireland3,180
2,595 Australia1,449
3,969 Canada1,212
Countries with hundreds of Feeney:
905 Scotland990
534 Northern Ireland706
3,729 Bolivia121
7,008 New Zealand108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,923 Wales77
151,495 Thailand71
44,681 Argentina67
29,899 Japan54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,614 Sudan49
76,407 South Africa37
143,904 Philippines32
174,004 France31
49,506 Spain27
731 Isle of Man25
14,824 Dominican Republic23
56,744 Belgium18
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
111,715 Italy10
73,605 Sweden10
266,530 Germany9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
375,391 Brazil9
101,897 Papua New Guinea8
55,922 Qatar6
991 Gibraltar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant John Feeney from Ireland aboard the Clarence from Galway during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 19 years old when he arrived in USA on May 19, 1846. Catherine Feeney, Maid Catherine Feeney, 23 years old Thomas Feeney, Mary Feeney, aged 17, Michael Feeney, aged 20, Workman Michael Feeney, Catherine Feeney (16) Workwoman, Thomas Feeney, aged 36, and 202 other Feeney around 44.74% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and mason, farmer, tailoress, mechanic, milliner, butcher migrated to US.

Feeney Namesakes

  • Joe Feeney, member of 'The Lawrence Welk Show' television program
  • Blair Feeney, rugby union player
  • Kevin Feeney, judge of the High Court in Ireland
  • Angela Feeney, Irish opera singer
  • John Frederick Feeney, Irish journalist and newspaper proprietor
  • Anne Feeney, political activist
  • Hugh Feeney, volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who
  • Denis Feeney, scientist
  • Geraldine Feeney, member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011
  • Warren Feeney, former Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager
  • Jamie Feeney, Australian rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm
  • Julie Feeney, Irish singer, composer
  • David Feeney, former Australian politician
  • Chub Feeney, American front office executive in Major League Baseball and president of the National League during a 40-plus year career
  • Tom Feeney, American politician from the state of Florida
  • F. X. Feeney, American writer and filmmaker
  • Carol Feeney, American rower
  • Joel Feeney, Canadian country, pop music singer
  • Chuck Feeney,
  • Jim Feeney, Northern Irish professional footballer

Feeney Namesakes

  • Joe Feeney, member of 'The Lawrence Welk Show' television program
  • Blair Feeney, rugby union player
  • Kevin Feeney, judge of the High Court in Ireland
  • Angela Feeney, Irish opera singer
  • John Frederick Feeney, Irish journalist and newspaper proprietor
  • Anne Feeney, political activist
  • Hugh Feeney, volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who
  • Denis Feeney, scientist
  • Geraldine Feeney, member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011
  • Warren Feeney, former Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager
  • Jamie Feeney, Australian rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm
  • Julie Feeney, Irish singer, composer
  • David Feeney, former Australian politician
  • Chub Feeney, American front office executive in Major League Baseball and president of the National League during a 40-plus year career
  • Tom Feeney, American politician from the state of Florida
  • F. X. Feeney, American writer and filmmaker
  • Carol Feeney, American rower
  • Joel Feeney, Canadian country, pop music singer
  • Chuck Feeney,
  • Jim Feeney, Northern Irish professional footballer

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