# Moroney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moroney/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,276 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,383 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 135,653 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (2,190 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mulroney |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruanaidh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Ruanadh”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moroney 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moroney in the United States.

## People named Moroney

- Megan Moroney, American country music singer

## Similar surnames

Moreno, Moran, Morin, Maroney, Morano, Marrone, Morrone, Morena, Moren, Moron, Morrin, Morren.

## 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.