Keaney

English

Alternative forms

• Keeney

Etymology

Possibly an Americanized form of Irish Ó Cianagh (“descendant of Cianach”), a byname from cian (“distant, long”).

Proper noun

Keaney (plural Keaneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Keaney is the 17958^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1556 individuals. Keaney is most common among White (91.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keaney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286.

Anagrams

• Yankee, yankee