# Mahoney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mahoney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 40,397 |
| US rank (2010) | 855 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,643 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (39,440 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑ.ni/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Mahon, Mahony, Mohon |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mathghamhna (“descendant of Mathghamhain”), a personal name composed of the elements math (“bear”) and gamhain (“calf”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mahoney in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mahoney in the United States, Australia and The Gambia.

## People named Mahoney

- John Mahoney, American actor (1940–2018)
- Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (1919-1989)
- Travis Mahoney, Australian swimmer
- Louis Mahoney, British actor
- Megan Mahoney, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Tim Mahoney, American politician
- Suzanne Somers, American actress (1946–2023)
- Eddie Money, American musician and singer-songwriter (1949–2019)
- Margaret Field, American actress (1922-2011)
- Neil Sheehan, American writer, historian, soldier (1936-2021)

## Similar surnames

Mahan, Mahon, Mohan, Mahone, Mahaney, Mahony, Mawhinney, Mooney, Money, Mayne, Man, Maine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.