How common is the surname Mulherin?

1,076 people in the United States had the surname Mulherin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mulherin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mulherin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mulherin?

Nothing,Nowhere, American rapper and singer.

Where is the surname Mulherin most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulherin in the United States.

Is the surname Mulherin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Mulherin

A surname, carried by 1,076 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M465

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulherin is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,076 people named Mulherin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,051.

#23,587

rank among US surnames

1,076

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,783)

Who is named Mulherin

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

94% of people named Mulherin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulherins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nothing,Nowhere
American rapper and singer, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mulherin

Mulherin has the Soundex code M465, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M465.

Questions

How common is the surname Mulherin?: 1,076 people in the United States had the surname Mulherin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulherin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mulherin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mulherin?: Nothing,Nowhere, American rapper and singer.
Where is the surname Mulherin most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulherin in the United States.
Is the surname Mulherin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 2.4%.