How rare is the last name Tierney?

13,238 people in the United States have the last name Tierney, about 1 in 22,579. It ranks #2,656 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TIERNEY

#2,656

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,238
About
1 in 22,579
This common or more
51.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,238 people with the last name Tierney, 93% reported their origin as White, 3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tierney

#2,654 Dykes · 13,242#2,655 Blackman · 13,241#2,657 Stump · 13,235#2,658 Deaton · 13,233

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tierney, most common first.

#40,983 Tierno · 574

Also a first name

As a first name, Tierney ranks #5,001 of 53,615, with 3,544 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1993, with 172 births. See Tierney as a first name

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