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Kearney

in Illinois

There are 687 people with the last name "Kearney" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Kearney 1,572
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  1. is 1,568th most common Malik
  2. is 1,569th most common Mcwilliams
  3. is 1,570th most common Orourke
  4. is 1,571st most common Childress
  5. is 1,572nd most common Kearney
  6. is 1,573rd most common Kunz
  7. is 1,574th most common Wirth
  8. is 1,575th most common Dvorak
  9. is 1,576th most common Mccollum

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kearns, Kearse, Kear, Kearley, Kearl, Kearby, Kearn, Kearbey, Kearsley, Keary

Most Common First Names for Kearney

James, John, Patrick, Michael, Robert, Thomas, Mary, Richard, Timothy, William

Meaning & History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh ‘descendant of Catharnach’, a byname meaning ‘warlike’ or ‘soldier’, and Ó Cearnaigh, from cearnach ‘victorious’. Both surnames were widely distributed and are now very difficult to disentangle.

FOREBEARS Many present-day bearers of this name are descended from Tadhg Ó Catharnaigh, killed in battle in 1084. He was nicknamed An Sionnach ‘the Fox’, and for this reason the surname has sometimes been Anglicized as Fox. Denis Kearney, born in Oakmont, Ireland, in 1847, was a major U.S. labor movement leader.

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