How common is the surname Mulkey?

6,061 people in the United States had the surname Mulkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,940 Americans. It ranked 5,724th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mulkey?

Chris Mulkey, American actor, followed by Kim Mulkey.

Where is the surname Mulkey most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulkey in the United States.

Is the surname Mulkey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,061 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Mulkey

An Irish surname, carried by 6,061 people in the United States.

2 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). Mulkey is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Mulcahy.

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 6,061 people named Mulkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,940 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,695.

#5,724

rank among US surnames

6,061

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,593)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,719	Pinedo	6,065	50,906
#5,721	Whetstone	6,064	50,915
#5,722	Shaikh	6,063	50,923
#5,724	Mulkey	6,061	50,940

Who is named Mulkey

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

88% of people named Mulkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulkeys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Mulkey
American actor, born 1948
Kim Mulkey
American basketball player and coach, born 1962
Frederick W. Mulkey
American politician (1874-1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mulkey

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mulkey come from?: Variant of Mulcahy.
How common is the surname Mulkey?: 6,061 people in the United States had the surname Mulkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,940 Americans. It ranked 5,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulkey?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mulkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mulkey?: Chris Mulkey, American actor, followed by Kim Mulkey.
Where is the surname Mulkey most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulkey in the United States.
Is the surname Mulkey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,061 in 2010, up 6.4%.