The carney Surname

carney Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh ‘descendant of Catharnach’, a byname meaning ‘warlike’.
Irish: reduced form of McCarney.
Irish: variant of Cairney.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cearnaigh ‘descendant of Cearnach’. Compare Kearney.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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carney Family Facts

Distribution of carney Families in the US in 1920

Number of carney families

413-823

138-412

1-137

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Threads: 671 - Messages: 1712

Thread	Author	Replies
CARNEY Mary Anne 1955-1990	t42Moore	0
CARNEY Lesley A 1963-1993	t42Moore	0
Thomas Carney - Harrison Twp West Virginia (Virginia)	elmer_cox	2
Bridget Seery--Patrick Carney---married 1833	mfcarney3	0
CARNEY William Jay 1984-1985	t42Moore	0
CARNEY George Jay 1939-1997	t42Moore	0
Ekowski	lcypiy	0
Opalewski	lcypiy	0
Wisniewski, Frances	lcypiy	0
Freda's missing children in New South Wales Australia	joeeeangela	0

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