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    The surname Moroney

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,276 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M650

    Moroney: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moroney #13,383, 2,276 people Moroney: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moroney #13,383, 2,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moroney is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

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

    Moroney is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 2,276 people named Moroney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,190.

    #13,383
    rank among US surnames
    2,276
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,883)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712

    Who is named Moroney

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

    94% of people named Moroney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Moroneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Megan Moroney
      American country music singer, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mulroney

    Surnames that sound like Moroney

    Moroney has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moroney come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruanaidh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Ruanadh”).
    How common is the surname Moroney?
    2,276 people in the United States had the surname Moroney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moroney?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moroney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Moroney?
    Megan Moroney, American country music singer.
    Where is the surname Moroney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Moroney in the United States.
    What type of surname is Moroney?
    Moroney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Moroney getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,190 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 3.9%.
    What are other spellings of Moroney?
    Mulroney.