Are there any people that carry "Disney" as a last name?

Question

When I searched Wikipedia about the last name and there seem to be only few people with that last name and these few people belong to the same family as Walt Disney. Abigail Disney is the only Disney alive in the Disney family. I don't know if there are any other Disneys alive besides Abigail. So, my main question about all this is that are there some or many people that carry "Disney" as a last name whether they belong to the same family as Walt Disney or not and whether they're popular or not? Do any of you carry the same popular last name? I mostly ask that because it seems to me that apart from Disney, you can find same last names of all/many/some other popular people from other people whether they're popular or not or belong to same families or not. Thanks in advance for your answer(s)! :)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

According to the website "How Many Of Me", there are 4,136 people in the U.S. with the Disney surname. That only counts adults, so there are surely others who are under 18.



The Disney spelling evolved from the name d’Isigny, a French name meaning "of Isigny." (Isigny was a fishing village in France, so people from there were "of Isigny"). When some of those folks moved to England during the middle ages, the spelling gradually changed to Disney, Dizney, Desney, and other variations. Not everyone from the village of Isigny was related to each other, even though they were all called d'Isigny/Disney. So not all Disneys living today are related to each other, either.

Answer 3

Forget surname hunting and before you rush to the internet and start looking for websites to find your ancestors. Do your groundwork first or you just won't know who you are looking for, where they are from and if who you do find are your ancestors or not, you will be lead down the raod of copy and paste, surname databases and that is nothing to do with your ancestors Read this first, http://familytimeline.webs.com/recordsinyourownhome.htm then.....



Collect all the information you have in your own home and in your living relations homes is the first place to start , its free and it will encourage your family to look for more and help you, it teaches you the principles and good habit of record research and the details you can find on records while there are still people alive to ask further questions of, which helps you later on as you are familiar with records, understand what can be found on them, you understand the importance of citing your research to prove what you have found and can generally see very clearly the very basic mistakes/errors that many people make by only trusting online resources, especially when one mistake can mean you are no longer researching your family.



In so far as your name it is VERY common, maybe not where you live, but it is English language, developed from the French language and French was spoken in the UK when surnames were being taken, it is a locational name and the French origin was developed from Gallo-Roman personal name "Isinius"and originates as Isigne Mar Bayeux, Normandy, France a place famous for its butter, that family lived/gave their name to Norton Disney which is in Lincolnshire UK, so a surname used extensively in that form in the UK from when surnames were taken 800 or so years ago

Answer 4

You're having the search engine problem



When you use a search engine, you only ever find the most famous example. So when you search Disney all the returns skews towards Walt Disney. The 2000 census says 3,495 put down Disney as a last name.

Answer 5

Ashley is right and deserves the Best Answer. The web site she used is

http://www.howmanyofme.com/

It is free, but has ferocious pop-ups.



Wikipedia is about famous or infamous people. It doesn't list ordinary people. You could have used the on-line phone books, but lots of people with that surname are unlisted, to keep the curious from calling and asking if they are related, and, if so, could they use their family connection to get a kid an audition.



https://familysearch.org/search/

had over 50,000 records for dead people named Disney. Walt is there, but so are a lot of ordinary people.



Walt is on the 1940 census as Walter E Disney, occupation motion picture producer, living in a home worth $40,000 at 4653 Wo**ling Way, in Los Angeles.

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Added later: That's 4653 Woking Way. His house sold recently for an undisclosed sum. Sothehby's still has the ad, though, (As of November 2014, at least) with a 20-picture slide show. It's quite a house.



http://www.sothebyshomes.com/Los-Angeles-Real-Estate/sales/0284314

Answer 6

Joanna Miller Runeare

Answer 7

the US social security death index has over 1400 persons with the name.. those being ones who have died since about 1960. Nothing to do with how many are living... but there are many, and certainly all of them are not related to Walt.

Wikipedia is not a reliable source for how many persons of a name are living.

Answer 8

Copied from Wikipedia Disney Genealogy from 1800 to present

Parents

Kepple Disney (1832–1891)

Mary Richardson Disney (1838–1909)

Charles Call (1830–1895)

Henrietta Gross Call (1832–1912)

First generation[edit]

Elias Charles Disney (February 6, 1859 – September 13, 1941)

Flora Call Disney (April 22, 1868 – November 6, 1938)

Elias married Flora Call on January 1, 1888, in Acron, Florida, and had 4 sons and 1 daughter.

More first generation[edit]

Charlotte Anne Hussey

Frances Best

Isabel Perez (was Robert Samuel Disney JR's wife)

Mary Kepple

Maria Swan

Second generation (children of Elias Charles Disney and Flora Call Disney)[edit]

Herbert Arthur Disney (December 8, 1888 – January 29, 1961) (72)

Raymond Arnold Disney (December 30, 1890 – May 24, 1989) (98)

Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971) (78)

Roy O. married Edna Francis in April 1925. They had one son.

Walter Elias Disney (Walt Disney) (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) (65)

Walt married Lillian Marie Bounds on July 13, 1925, and they had one daughter and one adopted daughter.

Lillian Marie Bounds (February 15, 1899 – December 16, 1997) (98)

Ruth Flora Disney, married Beecher (December 6, 1903 – April 7, 1995) (91)

More second generation[edit]

James Disney

Hennah Disney Allison (Papa white)

Third generation[edit]

Children of Roy O. Disney[edit]

Roy Edward Disney (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009) (79)

Roy E. married Patricia Ann Dailey in 1955; they had two sons and two daughters

Children of Walt Disney[edit]

Diane Disney Miller (December 18, 1933 – November 19, 2013) (79)

Diane married Ronald William Miller and had four sons and three daughters.

Sharon Mae Disney (adopted) (December 31, 1936 – February 16, 1993) (56)

Sharon married Robert Brown and adopted one daughter, then later remarried to Bill Lund and had twins, one son and one daughter.

Fourth generation[edit]

Children of Roy E. Disney[edit]

Roy Patrick Disney (b. 1957)

Susan Disney Lord (b. 1958)

Abigail Edna Disney (b. 1960)

Timothy Disney (b. 1961)

Children of Diane Marie Disney[edit]

Christopher Disney Miller (b. December 10, 1954)

Joanna Sharon Miller Runeare (b. April 4, 1956)

Tamara D. Miller Scheer (b. July 3, 1957)

Jennifer L Miller Goff (b. 1960)

Walter Elias Disney Miller (b. November 14, 1961)

Ronald William Miller, Jr. (b. October 9, 1963)

Patrick D. Miller (b. November 19, 1967)

Children of Sharon Mae Disney[edit]

Victoria Disney (1966-2002)

Brad Lund (b. June 5, 1970)

Michelle Lund (b. June 5, 1970)

Other Disney family members[edit]

Relatives active in entertainment or media include singer/voice actress Melissa Disney, TV Guide executive Anthea Disney, musician Colin Thomas, College Gameday host Lee Corso, surfer Derrick Disney, and Makela Disney.

Gloria Disney-Isaac is the great granddaughter of Robert S. Disney, Sr. (Walt's Uncle who lent him money for business)

Gloria Disney-Isaac is also the daughter of Janet Diane Disney (the daughter of Robert S. Disney, Jr.)

Meredith A. Disney (LodeStar Pictures Est. 1956 executive) is a relative of Walt Disney.

Charles Elias Disney (LodeStar Pictures Est. 1956 executive) is a relative of Walt Disney.

Daniel H. Disney (LodeStar Pictures Est. 1956 executive) is a relative of Walt Disney.

Kirk Herbstreit (College GameDay host) is a distant relative of Walt Disney.

Woody Paige of Around the Horn is distantly related to Walt Disney.

James Robert Disney, Howard Disney, Robert Disney, Christina Disney of Colorado Springs.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

My friends last name is disney. She's German and scottish

Answer 11

My nan had Minnie as a first name.

Answer 12

no