The Carney surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,897 people carried this name — #1,066 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,970 people counted. That is up 2% from 32,282 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Carney surname
Carney: an anglo surname from English.
English Carney
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carney» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 49 births for the Carney name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “21 in Mayo.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Carney.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Carney live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Carney in American newspapers,
1873–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 192,852 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carney,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrew Carney 1794–1864 · businessperson -
Michael Carney 1820–1895 · politician -
Thomas Carney 1824–1888 · mayor -
Michael Carney 1827–1901 · politician -
Michael Carney 1839–1919 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 226 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carney.
- Carmona 26,774 · U.S. census
- Carn 1,165 · U.S. census
- Carne 560 · U.S. census
- Carneiro 1,100 · U.S. census
- Carnevale 3,101 · U.S. census
- Carnevali 113 · U.S. census
- Carnot 134 · U.S. census
- Caro 10,064 · U.S. census
- Carol 1,436 · U.S. census
- Carole 190 · U.S. census
- Caroli 110 · U.S. census
- Carollo 2,336 · U.S. census
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