Explore the Family Name Aney

The meaning of Aney

Probably an Americanized form of German Einig. History: This surname was recorded as Ehny and Eneeg in NY in 1761.

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How common is the last name Aney in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Aney had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 55,849 to 59,470, a decline of approximately 6.48%, indicating that fewer people carried this last name over the decade. In terms of count, the number of individuals with the Aney surname also decreased slightly by 0.87% from 343 in 2000 to 340 in 2010. The proportion per 100k population also saw a drop of 7.69%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,849	#59,470	-6.48%
Count	343	340	-0.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Aney

The ethnicity associated with the surname Aney has varied a bit over the years, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. There was an increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or as having two or more races. From 2000 to 2010, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander went from 0 to 2.06, while those identifying as having two or more races increased by 15.20%. Conversely, there was a decrease in the percentage of individuals who identified as White and Black. The percentage of White individuals went down by 1.34% to 91.18%, and the percentage of Black individuals significantly decreased by 56.86% to 1.76%. There were no changes in the percentages of individuals identifying as Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.42%	91.18%	-1.34%
Two or More Races	2.04%	2.35%	15.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.06%	0%
Black	4.08%	1.76%	-56.86%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%