Explore the Family Name Radney

The meaning of Radney

1. Altered form of English Rodney. 2. English: perhaps a habitational name from Radnage in Buckinghamshire, named from Old English rēad ‘red’ + ǣc, dative of āc ‘oak’. There are only a few occurrences of this surname in England.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Radney has seen a slight increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 30,831st most popular surname with a count of 713 people bearing this name. By 2010, the rank had risen to 30,339th and the count increased to 771, a growth rate of 1.6% and 8.13% respectively. Despite this increase in popularity, the proportion of Radneys per 100,000 people remained stable at 0.26.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,831	#30,339	1.6%
Count	713	771	8.13%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.26	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Radney

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Radney identified as White or Black. In 2000, about 67.74% identified as White and 28.19% as Black. A decade later, these percentages remained relatively unchanged with 67.7% identifying as White and 26.07% as Black. There was, however, a noticeable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 0.98% in 2000 to 2.72% in 2010, a change of 177.55%. Additionally, those identifying as two or more races also increased from 2.38% to 3.11%. Notably, no one identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	67.74%	67.7%	-0.06%
Black	28.19%	26.07%	-7.52%
Two or More Races	2.38%	3.11%	30.67%
Hispanic	0.98%	2.72%	177.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%