Explore the Family Name Cunneen

The meaning of Cunneen

Irish (Clare and Tipperary): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinín or Ó Cuineáin, both variants of Ó Conáin ‘descendant of Conán’, a personal name derived from a diminutive of cano ‘hound, wolf’, although Coinín was later understood as the Irish borrowing of coney ‘rabbit’. Compare Queenan and Rabbitt. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Cunneen has seen a slight decline in rank from 48,963 in 2000 to 49,177 in 2010, representing a change of -0.44%. However, the count of individuals bearing this name saw an increase by 5.94% over the same period, from 404 in 2000 to 428 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people remained steady at 0.15.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,963	#49,177	-0.44%
Count	404	428	5.94%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.15	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cunneen

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that a vast majority of individuals with the Cunneen surname identified as White, although there was a decrease in this group from 95.79% in 2000 to 91.59% in 2010. There was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, which went up by 183.82%, from 1.73% in 2000 to 4.91% in 2010. The proportion identifying as Two or more races decreased by 29.29%, from 1.98% to 1.40%. The proportion of Asian/Pacific Islander and Black were recorded as zero in both years, while there was a new category in 2010 for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native at 1.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.79%	91.59%	-4.38%
Hispanic	1.73%	4.91%	183.82%
Two or More Races	1.98%	1.4%	-29.29%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.17%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%