Heeney is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heeney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Heeney

How popular is Heeney?

Heeney is ranked 158580 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Heeneies plummeted by 17.1521 per cent to 512 since 2000 and slipped by 7748 spots and ranked at 42378. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.27 97.09
Heeney 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 2339 people have been found who wears Heeney as their family name. Heeney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,118 Isle of Man2
118,441 Germany2
12,161 Wales2
91,784 Netherlands2
9,185 Hong Kong2
34,572 Israel2
7,191 Afghanistan1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
36,547 Switzerland27
94,038 Spain11
Countries with hundreds of Heeney:
35,007 United States820
14,737 England393
1,603 Ireland328
11,824 Canada327
12,537 Australia219
4,956 New Zealand154

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Ellen Heeney from Ireland aboard the Arrick from Cork & Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA on February 5, 1849. John Heeney, aged 26, Thomas Heeney, aged 50, 42 years old Maria Heeney, Thomas Heeney, John Heeney (20) Farmer, 20 years old Mary Heeney, 23 years old Mary Heeney, James Heeney, aged 10, are others that migrated to US.

Heeney Namesakes

  • Cornelius Heeney, Politician
  • Arnold Heeney, Lawyer
  • Isaac Heeney, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Michael P. Heeney, Songwriter
  • Mitzi Heeney, Ben Heeney's mother
  • Tom Heeney, Boxer
  • Tom Heeney, Boxer
  • Michael P. Heeney, Songwriter
  • Tom Heeney, Boxer
  • Michael P. Heeney, Songwriter

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