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    The surname Mooneyhan

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M550

    Mooneyhan: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mooneyhan #23,978, 1,052 people Mooneyhan: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mooneyhan #23,978, 1,052 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mooneyhan is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Moynihan.

    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 1,052 people named Mooneyhan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 926.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #25,123)

    Who is named Mooneyhan

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

    96% of people named Mooneyhan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mooneyhan

    Mooneyhan has the Soundex code M550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M550.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mooneyhan come from?
    Variant of Moynihan.
    How common is the surname Mooneyhan?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Mooneyhan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mooneyhan?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mooneyhan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Mooneyhan getting more or less common?
    More common. 926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, up 14%.