The surname Mulhall
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,742 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M440
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathail (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathal”).
Mulhall 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 1,742 people named Mulhall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,784.
Who is named Mulhall
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Mulhall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mulhall
Mulhall has the Soundex code M440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M440.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mulhall come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathail (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathal”).
- How common is the surname Mulhall?
- 1,742 people in the United States had the surname Mulhall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. It ranked 16,494th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mulhall?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mulhall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Mulhall?
- Mulhall is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Mulhall getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,742 in 2010, down 2.4%.