Last Name BIRNEY

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Meaning	Local: from the parish of Birney in Elginshire. Local: A parish in the shire of Elgin, Scotland. It was formerly named Brenuth, from 'brae-nut,' as many hazel-trees grew there. The natives called it 'Burn-nigh,' that is, 'a village near the Burn or river,' now corrupted to 'Birnie.'

Origin	Scottish, Irish

Rank	18,551 (2000 US census)	17,042 (1990 US census)

Count	1,372 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.55%, or 1311 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.66%, or 9 total occurrences, as black,
0.66%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.8%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 18 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.02%, or 14 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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