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    The surname Moylan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M450

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moylan is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoileáin (“descendant of Maoileán”), a diminutive of maol (“bald”).

    Moylan 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 2,587 people named Moylan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,345 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,519.

    #12,055
    rank among US surnames
    2,587
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,469)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,047Whittier2,589119,253
    #12,048Branscum2,588119,299
    #12,055Evens2,587119,345
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437

    Who is named Moylan

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

    94% of people named Moylan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moylan

    Moylan 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 Moylan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoileáin (“descendant of Maoileán”), a diminutive of maol (“bald”).
    How common is the surname Moylan?
    2,587 people in the United States had the surname Moylan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,345 Americans. It ranked 12,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moylan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moylan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Moylan?
    Moylan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Moylan getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,587 in 2010, up 2.7%.