How Many People Have the Last Name Rooney?
people had the surname Rooney in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 17,544 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
+3,296 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Rooney (93.7%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Rooney ranks #1,603. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Rooney grew from 13,527 people in 2000 to 16,823 in 2010 (up 24.4%), and its rank rose from #2,450 to #2,156.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 13,527 | 16,823 |
| Rank | #2,450 | #2,156 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.01 | 5.7 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Rooney
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Rooney: R500
👤 Rooney as a First Name
Rooney is a first name too: about 1,491 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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