Blaney Surname
Approximately 9,295 people bear this surname
Blaney Surname Definition:
Though now fairly numerous in east Ulster this name was at first confined to the families of large landed proprietors in Co. Monaghan, the first of these being Sir Edward Blayney who settled there in 1598. From then till the beginning of the nineteenth century they, the Leslies and the Dawsons were the leading planter families in the county.
Read More About This SurnameBlaney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,058 | 1:71,661 | 8,288 |
| England | 1,438 | 1:38,747 | 5,029 |
| Canada | 1,133 | 1:32,520 | 4,220 |
| Northern Ireland | 527 | 1:3,501 | 696 |
| Australia | 359 | 1:75,197 | 8,815 |
| Scotland | 317 | 1:16,889 | 2,062 |
| Ireland | 293 | 1:16,071 | 1,787 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| Panama | 28 | 1:139,724 | 4,684 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 513 | 1:8,635 | 1,293 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 417 | 1:58,454 | 6,877 |
| Scotland | 177 | 1:21,148 | 2,065 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:10,854 | 1,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,272 | 1:39,480 | 4,660 |
Blaney (157) may also be a first name.
Blaney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Though now fairly numerous in east Ulster this name was at first confined to the families of large landed proprietors in Co. Monaghan, the first of these being Sir Edward Blayney who settled there in 1598. From then till the beginning of the nineteenth century they, the Leslies and the Dawsons were the leading planter families in the county. One John Blayney was among the officers who swore to defend the city of Derry in 1689, and the name is prominent in such records as the tituladoes of 1659, hearth money rolls, the patentee officers, prerogative wills, nearly always in or near Co. Monaghan. The Blayneys, indeed, as well as becoming peers of the realm gave their name to a town -— Castleblayney.
Notwithstanding its Irish appearance the name Blaney has no Gaelic background and has not been used as an anglicized form of any indigenous Irish surname. It is now rare in Co. Monaghan and is found to-day mainly in Counties Antrim and Down.
(Celtic) = Blain (q.v.) + the pers. suff. -ach, Anglicized to -ey.
The Blaneys or Blayneys came from England at the end of the sixteenth century and settled in Co.
Monaghan where they gave their name to the town Castleblayney. SIF 18
From one of the two places called Blagni, near Bayeux, in Normandy.
Local. Welsh, Bluenae, the inland extremity of a valley.
Blaney Demographics
Blaney Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Blaney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blaney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Blaney (Arabic: بلاني) is found most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Blaney.
How Common Is The Last Name Blaney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 54,743rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 784,029 people. The surname Blaney is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Blaney live; 58 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Blaney is also the 732,696th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 157 people.
Blaney is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 5,058 people, or 1 in 71,661. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 12 percent reside.
Blaney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Blaney has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 398 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 345 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 43 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blaney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Blaney last name are 4.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.32% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Blaney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.71% more than the national average, earning R 465,084 per year; in United States they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning $46,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.79% more than the national average, earning $52,061 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blaney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blaney in the Arabic language | ||
| بلاني | blany | - |
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