# Mealey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mealey/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,897 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,442 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 162,755 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (1,703 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Malley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mealey 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Maloy, Mayle, Maley, Mele, Malley, Miele, Maly, Male, Maule, Mealy, Meloy, Mahle.

## 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.