How common is the surname Moloney?

2,967 people in the United States had the surname Moloney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,060 Americans. It ranked 10,755th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moloney?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moloney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moloney?

Janel Moloney, American actress (b. 1969), followed by Ashley Moloney.

Where is the surname Moloney most common?

Wikidata records people named Moloney in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Moloney getting more or less common?

More common. 2,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,967 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Moloney

An Irish surname, carried by 2,967 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moloney is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Maloney.

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 2,967 people named Moloney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,060 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,820.

#10,755

rank among US surnames

2,967

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,453)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,747	Manos	2,970	103,955
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025
#10,755	Moloney	2,967	104,060
#10,756	Bellard	2,966	104,095
#10,758	Butera	2,965	104,130
#10,763	Campanella	2,964	104,165

Who is named Moloney

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

94% of people named Moloney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moloneys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janel Moloney
American actress (b. 1969)
Ashley Moloney
Australian decathlete, born 2000
Jason Moloney
Australian boxer, born 1991

Notable Moloneys come mostly from Australia (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moloney

Moloney has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Moloney come from?: Variant of Maloney.
How common is the surname Moloney?: 2,967 people in the United States had the surname Moloney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,060 Americans. It ranked 10,755th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moloney?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moloney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moloney?: Janel Moloney, American actress (b. 1969), followed by Ashley Moloney.
Where is the surname Moloney most common?: Wikidata records people named Moloney in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Moloney getting more or less common?: More common. 2,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,967 in 2010, up 5.2%.