How common is the surname Mahony?

1,976 people in the United States had the surname Mahony in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. It ranked 14,965th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mahony?

Roger Mahony, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, followed by Marion Mahony Griffin.

Where is the surname Mahony most common?

Wikidata records people named Mahony in the United States.

How do you pronounce Mahony?

Mahony is /ˈmɑ.ni/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mahony getting more or less common?

More common. 1,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,976 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Mahony

A surname, carried by 1,976 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɑ.ni/ 3 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). Mahony is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Mahoney.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,976 people named Mahony in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,895.

#14,965

rank among US surnames

1,976

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,449)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,957	Toone	1,977	156,169
#14,965	Smathers	1,976	156,248
#14,970	Hagopian	1,975	156,327

Who is named Mahony

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

95% of people named Mahony identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mahonys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Mahony
American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, born 1936
Marion Mahony Griffin
American architect and artist (1871–1961)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Mahony

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

Questions

Where does the surname Mahony come from?: Variant of Mahoney.
How common is the surname Mahony?: 1,976 people in the United States had the surname Mahony in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,248 Americans. It ranked 14,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mahony?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mahony identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Mahony?: Roger Mahony, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, followed by Marion Mahony Griffin.
Where is the surname Mahony most common?: Wikidata records people named Mahony in the United States.
How do you pronounce Mahony?: Mahony is /ˈmɑ.ni/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Mahony getting more or less common?: More common. 1,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,976 in 2010, up 4.3%.