How common is the surname Mahon?

9,441 people in the United States had the surname Mahon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,703 Americans. It ranked 3,749th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mahon?

Bryan Mahon, British Army general (1862–1930), followed by George H. Mahon.

Where is the surname Mahon most common?

Wikidata records people named Mahon in Irish Free State and the United States.

Is the surname Mahon getting more or less common?

More common. 9,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,441 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Mahon

An Irish surname, carried by 9,441 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mahon is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Mahoney.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,441 people named Mahon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,703 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,327.

#3,749

rank among US surnames

9,441

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,504)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,740	Feeney	9,473	32,592
#3,741	Smyth	9,470	32,602
#3,742	Sibley	9,467	32,613
#3,743	Fairbanks	9,466	32,616
#3,744	Cockrell	9,465	32,620
#3,745	Haugen	9,461	32,633
#3,746	McClung	9,456	32,651

Who is named Mahon

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Mahon identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mahons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bryan Mahon
British Army general (1862–1930)
George H. Mahon
American politician (1900-1985)

Notable Mahons come mostly from Irish Free State (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mahon

Mahon has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mahon come from?: Variant of Mahoney.
How common is the surname Mahon?: 9,441 people in the United States had the surname Mahon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,703 Americans. It ranked 3,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mahon?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Mahon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mahon?: Bryan Mahon, British Army general (1862–1930), followed by George H. Mahon.
Where is the surname Mahon most common?: Wikidata records people named Mahon in Irish Free State and the United States.
Is the surname Mahon getting more or less common?: More common. 9,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,441 in 2010, up 1.2%.