Find out how popular the last name Flannery is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Flannery.

Flannery, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Flannery surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Flannery in America

Flannery is the 3409th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Flannery surname appeared 10,497 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 people would have the surname Flannery.

We can also compare 2010 data for Flannery to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Flannery

The surname Flannery is of Irish origin and dates back to the 12th century. It is an anglicized version of the Gaelic surname Ó Flannabhra, which means "descendant of Flannabhra." Flannabhra was a personal name derived from the Irish words "flann," meaning "red" or "ruddy," and "abhra," meaning "eyebrow."

The Flannery family was originally located in County Armagh, Ulster province, in Northern Ireland. The name first appeared in the Annals of Ulster, a chronicle of medieval Irish history, in the year 1176. Some of the earliest recorded spellings of the name include Ó Flannabhra, O'Flanery, and O'Flanry.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the surname Flannery was John Flannery (c. 1500-1571), an Irish Catholic priest and scholar who served as the Archbishop of Armagh from 1553 to 1571. He was a prominent figure during the Reformation in Ireland and played a significant role in preserving the Catholic faith in the region.

In the 17th century, the Flannery family was among those who lost their lands during the Plantation of Ulster, a government-sponsored colonial settlement of Ulster by English and Scottish settlers. As a result, many Flannerys were forced to migrate to other parts of Ireland or abroad.

One notable Flannery from this period was Sir John Flannery (c. 1620-1680), an Irish soldier who fought for the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. He later served as the Governor of Kinsale, a town in County Cork, Ireland, from 1677 to 1680.

In the 19th century, Michael Flannery (1832-1913) was a prominent Irish-American businessman and politician from New York City. He served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1875 to 1877 and was instrumental in the development of the city's infrastructure and transportation systems.

Another notable figure was Michael Flannery (1851-1921), an Irish-Australian businessman and politician who served as a member of the Australian Parliament from 1901 to 1910. He was a strong advocate for Irish Home Rule and played a significant role in the Irish nationalist movement in Australia.

In more recent history, Thomas J. Flannery (1920-2002) was an American author and journalist who wrote extensively about Irish-American history and culture. His works, such as "The Irish Texans" and "The Irish of West Virginia," shed light on the experiences of Irish immigrants and their descendants in the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Flannery

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Flannery.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Flannery was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Flannery has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Flannery was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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