Stearney Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Stearney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stearney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:6,970,364322,914
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Stearney Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stearney is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stearney? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,689,253rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Stearney live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Stearney is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 6,970,364. In The United States Stearney is primarily found in: Illinois, where 56 percent live, Florida, where 12 percent live and Wisconsin, where 12 percent live.

Stearney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stearney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stearney last name expanded 5,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stearney Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Stearney are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.73% being registered with the party.

Stearney earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.23% more than the national average, earning $66,982 USD per year.

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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 Stearney
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