Blarney Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tonga

Blarney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blarney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tonga11:107,313791
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Blarney (11) may also be a first name.

Blarney Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Blarney Come From? nationality or country of origin

Blarney has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blarney? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Blarney live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. Blarney is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name globally, held by 11 people.

The surname Blarney is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 33 percent are found, California, where 22 percent are found and Michigan, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and Scotland, where 3 percent are found.

Blarney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blarney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blarney surname contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blarney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Blarney last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Blarney earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.93% less than the national average, earning $33,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blarne921/
Blarny921/
Blarner860/
Blorney860/
Blerney860/
Bellarneys820/
Blairnie800/
Blorny770/
Blorne770/
Blourne7114/
Bellarni675/
Villarne671/
Bellarienne671/
Blorneah671/
Bellarna670/
Bellarhni631/
Blerna621/
Bellhorner591/
Villarna53176/
Vellarna531/
Villarnau502/
Willhorne500/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Blarney
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