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    The surname Muldowney

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,229 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M435

    Muldowney: #21,320 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Muldowney #21,320, 1,229 people Muldowney: #21,320 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Muldowney #21,320, 1,229 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muldowney is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Maloney.

    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 1,229 people named Muldowney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,217 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

    #21,320
    rank among US surnames
    1,229
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,676)

    Who is named Muldowney

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

    94% of people named Muldowney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    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 Muldowney

    Muldowney has the Soundex code M435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M435.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Muldowney come from?
    Variant of Maloney.
    How common is the surname Muldowney?
    1,229 people in the United States had the surname Muldowney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,217 Americans. It ranked 21,320th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Muldowney?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Muldowney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Muldowney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,229 in 2010, up 3.4%.