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Feeney Surname Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fidhne ‘descendant of Fidhne’ a personal name probably derived from fiodh ‘wood’.

English: variant of Finney.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Feeney families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Feeney family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Feeney families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 309 Feeney families living in Lancashire. This was about 38% of all the recorded Feeney's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Feeney families in 1891.
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Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Feeney life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Feeney in 1942 was 34, and 75 in 2004.

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