Birney
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Birney is the 18751st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1463 individuals. Birney is most common among White (93.1%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 164.
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