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    The surname Molloy

    An Irish occupational surname, carried by 7,238 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

    Molloy: #4,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Molloy #4,868, 7,238 people Molloy: #4,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Molloy #4,868, 7,238 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molloy is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolmhuaidh (“descendant of Maolmhuadh”), a personal name composed of maol (“chieftain”) + muadh (“noble, big”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”); compare Logue.

    Molloy is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 7,238 people named Molloy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,656 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,986.

    #4,868
    rank among US surnames
    7,238
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,643)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,865Falls7,25042,586
    #4,866Sachs7,24842,597
    #4,867Guan7,24742,603
    #4,868Molloy7,23842,656

    Who is named Molloy

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

    94% of people named Molloy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Molloys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Georgiana Molloy
      British born Australian botanist and botanical collector (1805-1843)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Molloy

    Molloy 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 Molloy come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolmhuaidh (“descendant of Maolmhuadh”), a personal name composed of maol (“chieftain”) + muadh (“noble, big”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”); compare Logue.
    How common is the surname Molloy?
    7,238 people in the United States had the surname Molloy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,656 Americans. It ranked 4,868th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Molloy?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Molloy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Molloy?
    Georgiana Molloy, British born Australian botanist and botanical collector (1805-1843).
    Where is the surname Molloy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Molloy in Colony of Western Australia.
    What type of surname is Molloy?
    Molloy is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Molloy getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,238 in 2010, up 3.6%.
    What are other spellings of Molloy?
    Malloy and Mulloy.