How common is the surname Mulcahey?

1,010 people in the United States had the surname Mulcahey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,689 Americans. It ranked 24,702nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mulcahey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mulcahey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mulcahey getting more or less common?

More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,010 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Mulcahey

A surname, carried by 1,010 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulcahey is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,010 people named Mulcahey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,689 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

#24,702

rank among US surnames

1,010

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #24,243)

Who is named Mulcahey

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

94% of people named Mulcahey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

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 Mulcahey

Mulcahey has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

Questions

How common is the surname Mulcahey?: 1,010 people in the United States had the surname Mulcahey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,689 Americans. It ranked 24,702nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulcahey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mulcahey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mulcahey getting more or less common?: More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,010 in 2010, up 4.2%.