Tierney is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tierney
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Uncommon name carried in the Ille-et-Vilaine, which should designate one who is from the Tiernez hamlet in Loudéac (22). Note also that Tierney is a common family name in Ireland. This is an anglicized form of Gaelic O'Tighearnaigh, the descendant of Tighearnach (nickname or personal name meaning "master," "lord").

How popular is Tierney?

Tierney is common in United States.

Tierney is ranked 14907 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tierney bearers increased by 2.608958 per cent in 2010 US census to 13608 since 2000, the surname slipped by 155 spots and ranked at 2646. The last name was found in around 46 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.75 97.23
Hispanic or Latino 1.93 1.21
Others 1.21 0.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.4
Black 0.27 0.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.16
Tierney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 35349 people have been found who wears Tierney as their family name. Tierney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
615,517 Russia6
8,438 China5
2,403 Vietnam4
2,720 South Korea3
3,752 Iraq3
108,034 Italy3
32,086 Mexico3
3,224 Afghanistan3
26,123 Malaysia2
3,014 Taiwan2
1,500,361 India2
19,093 Finland2
10,183 Jordan2
18,625 Japan2
317 Norfolk Island1
31,584 Peru1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
37,779 Serbia1
4,249 Cambodia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
37,493 Austria1
120,357 Argentina1
12,270 Lebanon1
3,307 Malta1
53,033 Nigeria1
24,421 Slovakia1
353 Cook Islands1
2,057 Isle of Man1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
9,498 Iceland1
4,171 Rwanda1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
24,176 Qatar1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
4,813 Hong Kong47
304 Jersey44
49,393 Netherlands35
32,811 Sweden29
4,169 Cyprus26
11,685 Singapore24
52,530 Belgium22
28,338 Norway20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,027 Spain87
15,572 Switzerland72
104,075 Brazil64
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Tierney:
847 Scotland971
496 Northern Ireland668
1,252 Wales316
2,981 New Zealand256
43,536 Germany235
27,867 South Africa201
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Tierney:
1,359 England5,797
210 Ireland3,903
999 Australia3,112
3,946 Canada1,165
Countries with ten thousands of Tierney:
2,248 United States17,951
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Tierney was 6 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 14, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as child and took John Clark from Liverpool. Martin Tierney, aged 22, Hugh-Michael Tierney, aged 20, 26 years old Daniel Tierney, 22 years old Jas. Tierney, Spinster Ellen Tierney, 28 years old Michael Tierney, 19 years old Patk. Tierney, Immigrant Bridgt. Tierney, and 297 other Tierney around 51.87% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and tailoress, servant, farmer, mechanic, blacksmith, milliner migrated to US.

Tierney Namesakes

    Kieran Tierney, Manchester-Scot football player

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