How common is the last name Rooney?

16,309 people in the United States have the last name Rooney, about 1 in 18,327. It ranks #2,167 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ROONEY

#2,167

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,309
About
1 in 18,327
This common or more
48.7%
Who bears it

Of the 16,309 people with the last name Rooney, 91.4% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rooney

#2,165 Greco · 16,346#2,166 Grayson · 16,326#2,168 Denny · 16,304#2,169 Sneed · 16,298

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rooney, most common first.

#5,845 Roney · 5,703#13,691 Romney · 2,119#110,517 Rowney · 170

Also a first name

As a first name, Rooney ranks #14,618 of 53,615, with 803 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 141 births. See Rooney as a first name

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