Viney is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Viney
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Surname Viney is variant form of Vining. The son of Wine that means "friend"; descendant of Wynning meaning "pleasure".

How popular is Viney?

Viney is common in Australia, England, United States, France, Canada, Wales.

Viney is ranked 74738 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Vineys plummeted by 13.58 per cent to 904 since 2000 and slipped by 4019 spots and ranked at 26873. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.52 60.99
Black 31.64 32.6
Others 6.64 3.82
Hispanic or Latino 1.99 1.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.55 0
Viney is quite popular family name mostly used in Australia while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 6577 people have been found who wears Viney as their family name. Viney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Viney:
1,759 Australia2,240
4,263 England1,742
25,348 United States1,343
Countries with hundreds of Viney:
22,301 France460
15,712 Canada238
2,581 Wales126
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
197,751 India74
56,162 South Africa64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,671 Scotland37
6,940 Mauritius36
74,988 Argentina33
16,302 New Zealand33
613 Jersey30
20,788 Venezuela19
10,207 Ireland16
235,042 Germany11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
436,635 Russia8
553,295 Thailand6
101,176 Netherlands6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Viney was 33 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 10, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Devonshire from Liverpool. Mary-Anne Viney (18) Spinster, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

30 years old farmer Marie Viney and 7 years old none Paul Viney who were residing in France migrated to New York on March 3, 1890 by La Normandie put out from Havre.

Viney Namesakes

  • Keith Viney, English former professional footballer
  • Todd Viney, former Australian rules footballer
  • Matt Viney, Labor Party politician
  • Doug Viney, New Zealand heavyweight boxer and kickboxer

Viney Namesakes

  • Keith Viney, English former professional footballer
  • Todd Viney, former Australian rules footballer
  • Matt Viney, Labor Party politician
  • Doug Viney, New Zealand heavyweight boxer and kickboxer

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