How Many People Have the Last Name Kearney?
people had the surname Kearney in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 14,245 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+768 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kearney (75.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 19.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kearney ranks #1,287. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 77.8% to 75.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kearney grew from 19,938 people in 2000 to 20,706 in 2010 (up 3.9%), and its rank fell from #1,647 to #1,730. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 7.39 to 7.02 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 19,938 | 20,706 |
| Rank | #1,647 | #1,730 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.39 | 7.02 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kearney
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kearney: K650
👤 Kearney as a First Name
Kearney is a first name too: about 145 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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