Researching the surname Reaney and it's variants such as Rainey, Reany. The names Reginald, Reinald, Reynold and the believed origin of the surname and members bearing these names are also welcome.

The surname is found in the Uk and Ireland with a Scottish family also found in Ulster through the Ulster-Scots. The Republic of Ireland has three families in Mayo, Galway and Cork in the south from research based on the Irish 1901, 1911 and the 1840s Griffiths Valuation census.

Sheffield is believed to be the ancestral home of English Reaneys. A small farm land area by the name of Ranah Stones, in Penistone, Sheffield.