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Kearney

in Kentucky

There are 136 people with the last name "Kearney" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Kearney 3,237
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  1. is 3,233rd most common Grizzle
  2. is 3,234th most common Guest
  3. is 3,235th most common Heavrin
  4. is 3,236th most common Hollowell
  5. is 3,237th most common Kearney
  6. is 3,238th most common Leffler
  7. is 3,239th most common Mingus
  8. is 3,240th most common Scrogham
  9. is 3,241st most common Sebree

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kearney

James, William, Mary, Mark, Robert, Allen, Angela, Ann, Billy

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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