How common is the surname Mulhern?

3,138 people in the United States had the surname Mulhern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mulhern?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mulhern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mulhern?

Mitchell Mulhern, Australian cyclist, followed by John Mulhern.

Where is the surname Mulhern most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulhern in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Mulhern getting more or less common?

More common. 3,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Mulhern

An Irish surname, carried by 3,138 people in the United States.

2 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). Mulhern is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoil Chiaráin.

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 3,138 people named Mulhern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,088.

#10,274

rank among US surnames

3,138

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,656)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452

Who is named Mulhern

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

96% of people named Mulhern identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulherns

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mitchell Mulhern
Australian cyclist, born 1991
John Mulhern
American ice hockey player (1927–2007)
Stephen Mulhern
British entertainer, born 1977

Notable Mulherns come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Mulkern

Surnames that sound like Mulhern

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mulhern come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoil Chiaráin.
How common is the surname Mulhern?: 3,138 people in the United States had the surname Mulhern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulhern?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mulhern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mulhern?: Mitchell Mulhern, Australian cyclist, followed by John Mulhern.
Where is the surname Mulhern most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulhern in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Mulhern getting more or less common?: More common. 3,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, up 1.6%.
What are other spellings of Mulhern?: Mulkern.