The raney Surname

raney Name Meaning and History

Scottish and Irish: variant of Rainey.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The raney name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the raney family name as far back in history as possible.

raney Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of raney Families in the US in 1920

Number of raney families

84-166

29-83

1-28

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RANEY?RAINEY	susiesrolls	90
Bejamin F. Raney	@@ssb5985@socket.net	10
Maryland to Washington Co, Kentucky ancestors - reunion - Riney, Raney etc.	gappam	0
Raneys in Bowie Count Texas	Lisa Tucker	26
Raney	dancingonemeralds	0
Raney-Aaron/James/Larkin/Newton	sskendall	1
William Raney/Betsy Anderson b. ca. 1800 in KY	Ginny11	2
Raney's from Indiana	Charles Raney	5
Looking for William Raney, last known location Kentucky	pencedemoi	1
Casper Schwarz	JDSchwaz	2

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