Sooney Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sooney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Sooney (21) may also be a first name.
Sooney Demographics
Sooney Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sooney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sooney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sooney is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sooney? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sooney is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Sooney live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles. Sooney is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name Sooney is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is primarily found in: Worcestershire, where 100 percent reside. Besides England Sooney exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.
Sooney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sooney has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Sooney surname expanded 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sooney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sooney surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Sooney
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