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    The surname Malloy

    An Irish surname, carried by 16,546 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

    Malloy: #2,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Malloy #2,200, 16,546 people Malloy: #2,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Malloy #2,200, 16,546 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malloy is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Molloy.

    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 16,546 people named Malloy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,660 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,056.

    #2,200
    rank among US surnames
    16,546
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,070)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,191McNair16,59518,605
    #2,192Baer16,58718,614
    #2,194Rosenthal16,58318,618
    #2,195Pickens16,57718,625
    #2,196Balderas16,57618,626
    #2,197Giordano16,56918,634
    #2,198Pappas16,55918,645

    Who is named Malloy

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

    78% of people named Malloy identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Malloys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dannel Malloy
      American politician, born 1955
    • Marti Malloy
      American judoka, born 1986
    • David John Malloy
      American Catholic prelate (born 1956)
    • Matt Malloy
      American actor, producer, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Malloy

    Malloy has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Malloy come from?
    Variant of Molloy.
    How common is the surname Malloy?
    16,546 people in the United States had the surname Malloy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,660 Americans. It ranked 2,200th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malloy?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Malloy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Malloy?
    Dannel Malloy, American politician, followed by Marti Malloy.
    Where is the surname Malloy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Malloy in the United States.
    Is the surname Malloy getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,546 in 2010, up 3.1%.